GRS won’t simply admit any party: Hajiji

KOTA KINABALU – All quarters should give sufficient space to Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) to consider the entry of local parties in Sabah into the coalition.

Its chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said GRS was scrutinising the matter carefully before deciding whether to accept membership of the parties concerned.

“We have a plan in place in GRS, on the sharing of opportunities, but we will not simply (admit any party),” he told reporters after officiating the 2022 Sabah Cocoa Festival here yesterday.

Hajiji, who is also the state’s chief minister, said GRS also had its own way of uniting local parties in Sabah to ensure that all could sit at the same table to develop the state.

On Saturday, Upko vice-president Datuk Ewon Benedick questioned the coalition’s “talk” of wanting to unite all local political parties in Sabah, but then did not accept membership of the Social Democratic Harmony Party, Parti Cinta Sabah and the Liberal Democratic Party.

GRS is comprised of Sabah Bersatu, Parti Bersatu Sabah, Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku, the Sabah Progressive Party and Usno, which collaborates with Barisan Nasional to govern Sabah. – Bernama, June 20, 2022