In a letter to the party, the Indera Mahkota MP said he was withdrawing the appeal with immediate effect.

He gave no reason for his decision to retract the appeal.

“I hope the (Bersatu) appeals board will take note and halt any proceedings in regards to my appeal,” he said.

Saifuddin was sacked from the party on Jan 6 for allegedly violating Clause 9.1.4 of its constitution. The disciplinary board did not specify the exact nature of his offence.

He was summoned by the disciplinary board following calls he made for Bersatu president and then Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin to resign.

Earlier today, Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan decided to withdraw his appeal against his sacking from Bersatu as well.

In a Facebook post, Wan Saiful said he had sent a letter to Bersatu’s disciplinary board, informing its members of the matter.

Wan Saiful was given the boot by Bersatu in October for violating the party’s constitution and code of conduct. On Feb 3, he presented the grounds for his appeal against his sacking to the party’s appeals board.

Separately, Machang MP Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal told FMT that he would not be appealing his dismissal.

“Bersatu is a dying party,” the former Supreme Council member said when asked why he had decided not to appeal.

Wan Fayhsal was sacked on Feb 13, alongside opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin and two other MPs.

Letters from Bersatu disciplinary board chairman Radzi Manan said the trio had breached Clause 9.1.4 of the party’s constitution, the same provision cited in Saifuddin’s sacking. They are entitled to file an appeal within 14 days.

Wan Fayhsal was suspended from Bersatu in October over an apparent move to unseat Muhyiddin as party president.

He, too, presented the grounds for his appeal against his sacking to the party’s appeals board on Feb 3.