SEVERAL Umno and Warisan leaders in Sandakan and Libaran areas announced their departure from their respective parties and joined Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.The announcement was made at a ceremony held at the Sandakan Hotel Ballroom, Sandakan, recently.
Among them were former Warisan Sandakan deputy chief Muktar Odin, former AJK Warisan Sandakan Sahak Noh, former AJK Warisan Libaran Rosly Aziz, former Libaran Umno Youth information chief Hanif Ali and Warisan Sungai Sibuga PDM Mohd Raimi Said.
They all said the decision was made for the sake of the continued development of the people and the State.
“We made this decision by looking at the direction of the development of the State. We are all ready to support the current government under the leadership of the Chief Minister,” they said.
Protem Chief of the Sungai Sibuga Gagasan Rakyat Division Datuk Amirshah Yaakub welcomed their support for Hajiji and him, as well as Gagasan Rakyat as a local party.
He hoped all the wishes voiced would be realised and the people would get to enjoy the best development.
Amirshah, who was mandated as Protem Chief of the Sungai Sibuga Gagasan Rakyat Division on April 6, expressed appreciation for the trust given to him.
Amirshah, who was active in the political arena, once joined Umno before taking a short break in 2016 and resumed his career in politics after seeing the political atmosphere in disarray.
He was confident that the Gagasan Rakyat would be able to help the people as a whole.
On the number of Warisan and Umno members in the areas who joined Gagasan Rakyat, he said it could not be ascertained yet until its official formation.
