LIMBAHAU assemblyman Juil Nuatim today said he is quitting Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) and will be an independent assemblyman for now. 

Juil, who is also KDM deputy president, said as an independent assemblyman, he will support Hajiji Mohd Noor as chief minister, as well as his current government. 

“Yes, I am quitting (the party), and will be an independent assemblyman for now. As for joining another party, let us first see which party can bring development and progress to the Limbahau constituency.

“There is no discord with the KDM president (Peter Anthony) – it’s just that at the state level, we want to bring development to our area,” he said when contacted by reporters in Kota Kinabalu today. 

In the 2020 Sabah elections, Juil contested on a Warisan ticket and won the Limbahau seat with a majority of 2,523 votes, before quitting the party in December 2021.

With Juil leaving KDM, it now only has three seats – the Melalap state seat, held by Peter; the Kota Marudu parliamentary seat, held by party deputy president Wetrom Bahanda; and the Tenom parliamentary seat, held by Riduan Rubin, who contested as an independent in the last general election. – Bernama, May 21, 2023.