Kota Kinabalu: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) has not made a decision on its alliances for the upcoming state election yet, says coalition chairman Hajiji Noor.
While Sabah Umno Chief Bung Moktar Radin had said that a pact with GRS for the polls was off the table, Hajiji played it down as “merely Sabah Umno’s stand”, Bernama reported.
“We in GRS have not made any decisions yet. We will discuss and decide our election strategy, including which parties will be our partners, during the upcoming Supreme Council meeting,” he said.
Hajiji, the Sabah Chief Minister, added that the GRS Supreme Council will most likely only meet after Aidiladha, which falls on Saturday. “We will discuss not only who our partners will be but also the distribution of seats, candidate selection to ensure winnability, campaign strategies, and efforts to strengthen party machinery across all constituencies.”
On Tuesday, Bung said Sabah Umno will not work with GRS in the upcoming state election, but will only consider joining forces after the outcome of the state polls.
While Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan have already announced an alliance for the Sabah polls, talks are said to be ongoing to rope GRS into the pact.
GRS and PH are currently allies in the Hajiji-led state government while BN sits in the opposition in the Sabah legislative assembly. Anwar Ibrahim, the PH chairman and Prime Minister, had expressed confidence that PH, BN and GRS would be able to agree on an alliance for the state election.
