Leaders of four GRS parties chide Bung, restate support for Hajiji's govt

The leaders of four GRS parties have slammed the actions of Sabah Umno leader Bung Moktar Radin in withdrawing BN's support for Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor.

"This proves the existence of the initial move that was done together with Warisan to challenge the political stability in the state. This action is a follow-up to the failure of the initial plan on Jan 5.

"However, the announcement has no effect on Hajiji’s current position because the legitimacy of the chief minister is determined through the support of the majority of state assembly members," said the four leaders in a joint statement.

The statement was signed by PSB president Maximus Ongkili, Star leader Jeffrey Kittingan, SAPP chief Yong Teck Lee and Usno president Pandikar Amin Mulia.

"Hajiji (above) remains as Sabah chief minister and any media statements of political parties do not have an impact from the point of view of legislation.

"At the same time, we hereby confirm that the representatives from GRS stand firmly in full support of the leadership of Hajiji.

"GRS has the largest number of assemblypersons in the Sabah state assembly. GRS also appreciates the support of the majority of other assemblypersons including those from Pakatan Harapan, BN, Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah and appointed assemblypersons.

"The state should be prioritised over the narrow interests of the party and individuals. It is everyone's responsibility to respect the people's mandate in the last state election.

"Any motion to form the government from the back door and not through the election process is an act that betrays the people's mandate and should be rejected," they added.

The Sabah government under Hajiji is currently experiencing instability with Bung having withdrawn BN support followed by Peter Anthony's Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) party, while Hajiji is expected to reshuffle the state cabinet.

It should be noted that Bung himself admitted that not all Umno/BN assemblypersons agreed with the move to withdraw support for Hajiji.

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