Kota Kinabalu: Whoever heads Pakatan Harapan in Sabah will be decided by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as head of the ruling coalition, according to PKR Sabah Secretary Sazayle Donol Abdullah.
Hence, it is not prepared to wait another two years for the position, he said, when met after a 10-member Sabah Parti Keadilan Rakyat delegation met Chief Minister Datuk Seri Haji Hajiji Noor at Seri Gaya Friday afternoon.
AdvertisementHowever, he did not reveal what was discussed with the CM by the delegation led by PKR Sabah Chief Mustapha Sakmud, who is Deputy Higher Education Minister.
Sabah Pakatan Harapan comprises PKR, DAP, Amanah and Upko.
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“Ewon tells us to wait another two years for the next election when they (Upko) just came in yesterday...I don’t agree.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});“What we are also querying is that the organising chairman for the election was an unknown from Kuala Lumpur. He shouldn’t have been the chairman,” he told reporters.
“PKR Sabah unanimously do not want Upko to chair the PH Sabah seat.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});“It could be said an internal crisis but it does not affect the relationship between component parties or PH Sabah as a whole,” Sazalye stressed.
He also said that while Sabah PKR fully support Hajiji, it is not comfortable with some of the components of GRS, particularly Star led by Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, which viewed peninsula-based parties as “traitors”.
Mustapha who had just returned from an Umrah pilgrimage did not stop for the media.
Inanam Assemblyman Datuk Peto Galim and PKR Sabah Information Chief Razeef Rakimin, said the meeting was only to “discuss formalities”.
Former PH Sabah Chairman Datuk Christina Liew was supposed to attend.
She was ousted by three votes during the election in December last year which was won by Ewon with support from Sabah DAP led by new chairman Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe, who caused a stir when he announced that Sabah DAP may review its position in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) State Government following an alleged mining scandal, although the findings have yet to be disclosed by MACC.