PBB waiting for ROS approval for the setting up Pergerakan Belia wing: Fazzrudin

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) is now waiting for the approval of Registrar of Societies (ROS) to set up their new Pergerakan Belia wing.

Chief Political Secretary to the Premier, Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman said the party is leaving it to ROS to process their application.

“In the last PBB Trinneal General Meeting (TGM), we have approved the setting up of the wing which comprised members aged 18 to 28 years old.

“But even before that, we have collected a pool of names of those who have registered their interest to join the (new wing) of the party,” he said.

He said this when met by reporters today (June 26) after officiating at the closing ceremony of the Matang Jaya Youth Open Day here.

Fazzrudin who is deputy chairman for the committee to set up the new wing expects that all branches of PBB statewide will form the wing at the branch level after the approval of ROS.

Asked on the number of applicants vying to join the new wing, the Tupong assemblyman said for his constituency, there are more than 1,000 youths who have registered their interest.

“I don’t have the exact figure statewide, but for Tupong, I’m being told that there are over 1,000 applicants,” he said.

Meanwhile on his expectations for the new wing, Fazzrudin said being a political party, the new wing will inculcate the necessary political knowledge to youths.

“It will also incorporate the values of politics and how it will benefit to the development of the community,” he said.

In terms of activities, he said given the age difference of members in the new wing compared to other wings in PBB, he expects the new wing to organise activities that caters to particular niches.

Earlier, in his speech at the programme he also said that the state government has provided an ecosystem where the youth can prosper.

“The Premier (Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg) has stressed this, so that there is a continuation of leadership in the future.

“We want to train youths so when the time comes for them to assume leadership and be a leader in their own right, they would already possess the knowledge and experience that is needed,” he said.