ANY decision taken by Segamat MP Edmund Santhara Kumar to quit Bersatu will not weaken the party, its secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said today. 

He said this is because the future of the party is determined by its membership as a whole and not merely a single member of parliament.

A news portal, quoting sources, reported yesterday that Santhara has resigned from Bersatu. 

“The struggles brought by a party member are more important. Members of parliament sometimes are only interested in individual interests while it is the members who determine the party’s struggles and ideology and all that is done is for the future of religion, race and country,” Hamzah said after attending a townhall session at the North Zone Hari Kita Demi Negara programme organised by the Home Ministry in Larut today.

“So it (resignations) is something that will not weaken the party only because of the attitude of individuals who probably only struggle for themselves.”

Hamzah, who is Larut MP, said Santhara’s status as deputy minister of tourism, arts and culture in Bersatu will be announced later.

He declined to comment on whether the party leadership has received the resignation letter as reported.

Santhara joined Bersatu in August 2020 and was appointed as the leader of the party’s associated wing. 

Hamzah also said Perikatan Nasional (PN) will hold a meeting in the near future regarding the selection of a new logo to be used in the next general election.

“We have engaged several companies to create designs for us. We will discuss and reach a final decision in the upcoming meeting,” he said.

On July 11, PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin was reported to have said that a new logo would be introduced for use in the next general election following a proposal for changes to be done to its existing logo. – Bernama, July 23, 2022.