KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) should have been grateful for the support given by Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the Prime Minister in stabilising the State Government during the Kinabalu Move episode, said Sabah PKR information chief Ahmad Farid Sainuri (pic).
He said the leadership of GRS ought to recognise that Sabah PH and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had played a central role in ensuring the State Government remained intact when it was under pressure.
Farid, in a statement on Monday, explained that the response by Sabah PKR chairman Datuk Mustapha Sakmud was directed at a statement made earlier by Sabah Umno information chief Datuk Suhaimi Nasir, and not an attempt to label GRS as a liability.
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He said the partnership between PH and GRS should continue to be strengthened, and that it was never the party’s intention to challenge the leadership of the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister.
Farid also stressed that Sabah PKR respected the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor and valued the working relationship between the two coalitions despite occasional misunderstandings in media reporting.
He added that PKR hoped seat negotiations for the coming state election would be concluded swiftly, fairly and strategically, with discussions carried out through the Sabah PH leadership rather than only with individual component parties.