The decision by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah to choose Bersatu's Hajiji Noor as their chief minister for Sabah was a compromise on Bung Moktar Radin's part, said Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The Umno president said the Sabah Umno chief had relented to pressure by other BN assemblypersons who wanted him to be part of the new state administration.