Muhyiddin to open LDP and PBS meetings

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 29, 2011 (The Star) -- Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be in Sabah tomorrow to open the meetings of two state Barisan Nasional parties.

The Deputy Prime Minister will fly to Sandakan to launch the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) congress in the morning before opening Parti Bersatu Sabah's (PBS) 26th annual general assembly in Penampang near here.

In conjunction with the PBS general assembly, Muhyiddin, in his message, paid tribute to Sabah's longest serving party for its contribution to the state's development.

He said the party's sincerity in turning Sabah into a dynamic and harmonious developed state was obvious, adding that PBS had resilient, tolerant and credible leaders.

Muhyiddin said the PBS leadership had always placed the interest of Barisan at its highest.

He added that in order to preserve the long established bond of unity in the state, it was imperative for all sensitive issues among Barisan members be handled wisely.

“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, I am fully confident the Government's transformation programme will take Sabah to greater heights,” he said.

PBS information chief Datuk Johnny Mositun said party president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan would raise issues such as the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the illegal immigrants issue, power sharing and land issues in his policy speech.

With the 13th general election looming, Mositun said delegates were expected to hotly debate seat allocations.

Muhyiddin will also attend the Sabah MIC Deepavali open house in Likas here before returning to Kuala Lumpur in the evening.