PARTI Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) president Peter Anthony is urging all party supporters to be patient and not be too emotional over the rejection of his candidacy in the 15th general election.

The Melalap assemblyman said that there was still room under the law for a review of the Election Commission’s (EC) decision as the court case was still pending.

“Realising that my candidature was rejected, I noticed that many of my supporters were deeply disappointed while some even shed tears. However, I told them that this was just the beginning as a review of the court’s decision could still be sought,” he said in his speech at an event with the people in Kampung Minansad, Kota Marudu, today.

Last Saturday, the EC rejected Anthony’s candidacy at the last minute, resulting in a commotion involving his supporters.

Last May 26, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court sentenced him to three years’ jail and fined him RM50,000 after he was found guilty of falsifying a letter over a maintenance work and mechanical and electrical system service contract with Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

The court had also on August 1, allowed his application to set aside the conviction and sentence to enable him to contest in the election.

Meanwhile, in Kota Kinabalu, Liaw Kit Siong, the KDM candidate for the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat, said the rejection of Anthony’s candidacy has not broken the party members and supporters’ spirit to continue campaigning for victory in the constituency.

“To me, this is not a problem and it will only raise our spirit as KDM is a new party, so we need to popularise it across the country,” he told Bernama today.

Liaw is facing a five-cornered contest to wrest the seat from its incumbent MP, Pakatan Harapan’s Chan Foong Hin; Yee Tsai Yiew (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah), Amanda Yeo Yan Yin (Warisan) and Independent candidate, Marcel Jude Joseph. – Bernama, November 7, 2022.