Party president Patrick Pundao made this announcement today in Port Moresby after its Council meeting on May 4 to sideline the leader.
Pundao said Basil was accorded natural justice to respond before the council made the decision but he never did.
He said the decision is regrettable but it had to be made to preserve the principles and ideals for which Pangu Pati was established and stood for since independence.
Pundao claimed that Basil’s action as the party leader in the past three years has been seriously wanting.
