PUTRAJAYA: A Sabah party leader and minister says any decision to cross over to the opposition should be decided by the party and not the MP alone.

Commenting for the first time on the threat of crossovers, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Bernard Dompok deftly evaded questions about his intentions but said that such a major decision should be left to his party.

The president of the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation, one of the smaller parties in the Sabah BN coalition, said: "That (crossing over) is not up to me, that's a decision for the party to make. Even my nomination to the cabinet was decided by the party."

He also suggested that crossing over with the support of one's constituency was not immoral if the MP was able to deliver what the people wanted.

"Those taking the moral high ground on crossovers, previously they have done it."
Dompok said at his office after launching Junior Chamber International Malaysia 2008 young entrepreneur award competition that the government must be confident that what it is doing was right.

"Nobody will desert you if you are doing the right thing."