PAKATAN Harapan has lost Lubok Antu MP Jugah Muyang to the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government after the PKR lawmaker quit the party today.

“I hereby leave PKR to become an independent supporting the PN government and the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government,” Jugah said in a statement tonight.

Jugah contested the rural Sarawak seat in 2018 as an independent and joined PKR after winning.

As a rural seat, he said Lubok Antu needs the help and support of the ruling government 

“I have discussed with my supporters and they agree I should support PN.

“For the sake of peace and development of Lubok Antu, I pledge support to the PN government led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the GPS state government led by Abang Johari Openg, Sarawak’s chief minister,” he said.

Jugah also said he regretted that PH had faced internal problems and that Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had resigned in late February, causing the government’s collapse.

Jugah’s exit from PH comes as speculation abounds of moves by the opposition to gather more MPs in support of the coalition to reclaim Putrajaya from PN.

There is also talk of a snap election, given the PN government’s slim majority of 114 out of 222 MPs.

One of its deputy ministers, Shaharuddin Md Salleh, the Sri Gading MP from Bersatu, quit his cabinet post yesterday, expressing regret that Bersatu had formed PN with Barisan Nasional, PAS and GPS. – June 5, 2020.