COMMENT | In two weeks, Sabahans will vote, Malaysia will watch.

The choice is between business-as-usual politics or principled leadership. How Sabah exercises this vote will reverberate across the nation, influencing federal policy, resource management, and the broader political culture.

Sabahans are aware that their policies and decisions can ripple across the border to Sarawak. Both share similar struggles over autonomy, resource control, and their MA63 rights.

Both have the power to insist that forests, rivers, and minerals serve the public good, in its infrastructure, education, healthcare and jobs, and not the private purses of a lucky few.

However, Sabah is a land of contradictions that are