PPBM now known as Bersatu
Meor Riduwan Meor Ahmad and Husna Alias
New Straits Times21 July 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s use of the abbreviation Bersatu will help smoothen the party’s administrative affairs, especially during its political campaigns across the country.
In saying this, party Youth chief Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman said he was relieved by his party’s move to drop the acronym PPBM in favour of Bersatu.
“From the start, we wanted to use the abbreviation Bersatu but we (could not) because it was not allowed by the previous government.
“The ROS (Registry of Societies) had earlier approved the formation of the party but was under a lot of pressure by the Umno leadership, especially former Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.”
“He (Tengku Adnan) said it was alright to approve the formation of the party but not the use of the word Bersatu,” he told reporters after officiating the ‘Pameran Kerjaya dan Pasca Ijazah GRADUAN Aspire 2018’ at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here today.
He was asked to comment on his party top leadership’s decision yesterday to drop to use the official abbreviation Bersatu instead of PPBM.
The Youth and Sports Minister said it was unreasonable to block the party from using Bersatu as no other political organisation in the country had a similar name.
“If the ROS already agreed to approve (the use of Bersatu), why should there be political interference? We followed the law and now we have obtained official confirmation (to use Bersatu).
“When we campaigned in the villages, it was difficult for us to use PPBM because there are similar-sounding parties like PBB (Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu) in Sarawak.
“It’s easier to use Bersatu. That’s the rationale,” he added.
Yesterday, Bersatu chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the party had received approval from the ROS to drop the acronym PPBM in favour of Bersatu. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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