He was responding to a report in Sinar Harian which quoted an unnamed PPBM member as saying that someone had been offered the post of leader in a PPBM division in Johor through WhatsApp.
All this person needed to do was pay RM250,000, prepare a permanent office, retain all existing committee members and monthly allowances according to rank, pay the secretary’s salary and continue – as well as add more – programmes in the division.
Syed Saddiq, who is PPBM Youth chief, said he was living proof that no such demands exist.
“I am currently the co-founder, youth chief, and a vice-president of the party. My life savings added up wouldn’t even reach RM250,000, yet I am entrusted with these positions,” he told FMT.
He also called the accusation “ridiculous and baseless” and claimed the source had other motives.
“This signals a desperate move at attempting to weaken the momentum PPBM has created.
“In the presidential council and supreme council meetings I have attended, there have been no such demands.”
PPBM came under the spotlight last week when another founding member, Kamarulazman Habibur Rahman, quit the party claiming that the party had been “hijacked by former Umno members who were looking solely for power and position”.
Kamarulazman, who initially led a group of rebel Umno branch chiefs (Gabungan Ketua Cawangan Malaysia, or GKCM), was also one of the seven PPBM founding members.
“I hereby announce that I’m letting go of my post as Telok Kemang PPBM division chief. I am also rejecting an offer for me to be the party liaison chairman for Negeri Sembilan, besides offering my resignation as PPBM secretary and supreme council member,” he told a press conference on April 19.