Warisan VP: No talks with Bersatu, please honour agreement
Parti Warisan Sabah vice-president Junz Wong has denied that his party is in negotiations with Bersatu over the latter's plan to set up base in Sabah.
According to Wong, Pakatan Harapan's existing agreement with Warisan that Bersatu will not set up a chapter in the state still stands.
"No negotiations are ongoing and an agreement has long been done, which is...
Parti Warisan Sabah vice-president Junz Wong has denied that his party is in negotiations with Bersatu over the latter's plan to set up base in Sabah.
According to Wong, Pakatan Harapan's existing agreement with Warisan that Bersatu will not set up a chapter in the state still stands.
"No negotiations are ongoing and an agreement has long been done, which is: Bersatu won’t come into Sabah.
"Once again we ask Bersatu to honour the agreement and focus on building in Peninsular Malaysia, as Sabah is in good hands under Warisan-led government," he told Malaysiakini today.
Earlier today, Bersatu secretary-general Marzuki Yahya said that party is prepared to establish a Sabah chapter, but that discussions with Warisan are still ongoing.
Marzuki said, however, that any announcement on the matter would only be made after the March 2 Semenyih by-election.
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Wong, the Tanjong Aru assemblyperson, stressed that Sabahans have had enough of peninsula parties' involvement in the state.
"Sabahans don’t wish to see any more Malaya parties setting foot in Sabah. Unless the aim is to destabilise Sabah politically, which I believe is not the case," he said.
"Let us continue to foster this relationship in unity, and play our roles in the peninsula and Sabah respectively."
The Malay Mail today quoted former Sabah Umno chairperson Hajiji Mohd Noor as saying that Bersatu would make its debut in Sabah "very soon."
Hajiji – among the lawmakers who quit Sabah Umno to pledge their support for Harapan – claimed that he has been in contact with Bersatu leaders on the matter.
Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin previously said his party must be cautious with their expansion plans in Sabah, taking into account Harapan's existing agreement with Warisan.
Earlier this month, Sabah Chief Minister and Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal reportedly urged Bersatu to keep to its word, stressing that Warisan was more than capable of managing and governing the state.
