KUCHING: The leaders of SNAP have no one else to blame but themselves for not adhering to the advice of fellow political leaders — an oversight that led to the deregistration of their party.
PRS president Tan Sri Dr James Masing said it was sad to see the end of the party, which was among Sarawak’s oldest.
“I did advise some of them (the leaders), based on my experience, on what to do after being given a second chance. My advice fell on deaf ears,” Masing told The Star yesterday.
He said as Malaysia is a country governed by laws, any individual or organisation including political parties that broke them should face the consequences.
“That’s exactly what happened to SNAP,” said Masing.
SPDP president Tan Sri William Mawan said it was regrettable that the party had to come to such an end.
Putting personal feelings aside, Mawan, who was SNAP’s vice-president, said the party’s demise must be taken as a lesson by leaders and members of political parties so as not to mix personal and party agenda because a party should focus on serving the people.
