Musa Aman finally hits campaign trail, seen at Muhyiddin events
SABAH POLLS | Musa Aman made a surprise appearance today at two official events of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin who is on a campaign trail in Sabah to canvass support for Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidates from Bersatu.
In his speech to some 300 supporters and voters at a bazaar in Kuala Penyu, Muhyiddin said the former Sabah chief minister was here to support PN.
SABAH POLLS | Musa Aman made a surprise appearance today at two official events of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin who is on a campaign trail in Sabah to canvass support for Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidates from Bersatu.
In his speech to some 300 supporters and voters at a bazaar in Kuala Penyu, Muhyiddin said the former Sabah chief minister was here to support PN.
"He is not a candidate now, but that is alright. His spirit is still high, he wants to come here to support the candidate and PN.
"The voters in Sabah (must) choose a good government. I am not denying what (incumbent chief minister) Shafie Apdal has done, just like Musa did, (he) had brought development to Sabah during his tenure as the chief minister.
"We say thank you to him," Muhyiddin said at the meet-the-people event held at the Kuala Penyu state constituency, which is one half of the Beaufort parliamentary constituency.
Limus Jury, the PN candidate for Kuala Penyu, who defected from Upko to join Bersatu, also attended the event together with his colleague, Klias candidate Isnin Aliasnih.
Musa had first turned up at Klias, the first venue Muhyiddin had gone to, and this sparked speculation that he was indeed campaigning for Bersatu and PN instead of his party, Umno.
However, Musa declined to comment when asked at both events if he was supporting PN.
A bodyguard tasked with keeping reporters away simply said that his boss would issue a statement.
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At the first event at Dataran Bagandang in Beaufort town, Musa sat in the front row. He was given a VIP seat on stage at the second event in Kuala Penyu.
He was seen joining the crowd by clapping his hands and often nodded his head when Muhyiddin spoke.
Many of those present, including local leaders and villagers, took the opportunity to take selfies with Musa and exchange greetings with him, reported Bernama.
When greeted by a Bernama journalist at Beaufort, Musa flashed a smile and said: “I am fine, alhamdulillah. How are you?”
Musa, who hails from Kampung Bingkul, just five minutes away from Beaufort town, caused a stir on July 29 when he claimed to have garnered enough support from Sabah state assemblypersons to oust the government of Warisan chief Shafie.
The following day, Shafie announced the dissolution of the Sabah state assembly, which led to the Election Commission fixing snap polls for Sept 26.
In a shock move, Musa, the former Sungai Sibuga state assemblyperson was not fielded by Umno/BN as a candidate for the polls.
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