Sabah PKR will not use GRS logo in state polls
Published on: Saturday, September 07, 2024
By: FMT Reporters
Razeef Rakimin’s comments follow that of Sabah Pakatan Harapan chief Christina Liew who previously said that the final decision rested with the individual parties within PH. (PKR pic)
PETALING JAYA: Sabah PKR candidates will not contest under the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) logo in the next state election, says its information chief Razeef Rakimin.
His comments on the issue follow that of Sabah Pakatan Harapan (PH) chief Christina Liew who previously said that the final decision rested with the individual parties within PH.
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"We also have no issues if (other) allies of GRS want to use the coalition’s logo," he told a press conference at the Hyatt Regency in Kota Kinabalu today.
"We (Sabah PKR) will continue to use the PKR logo or the PH logo."
Last week, GRS deputy chairman Jeffrey Kitingan suggested that all parties working with the coalition should contest under its logo in the next state election to show a united front.
In the last state polls in September 2020, PKR contested under its own logo, while DAP used the logo of Warisan, the party led by former Sabah chief minister Shafie Apdal.
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Kitingan’s proposal follows that of Usno president Pandikar Amin Mulia, who called for peninsula-based parties to let local parties contest in the state election.
In response, Razeef said he did not think that the views expressed by Kitingan and Pandikar represented that of GRS.
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FMT previously quoted analyst Tony Paridi Bagang of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), who said that the proposal for GRS’s allies to use the coalition’s logo would compel parties from Peninsular Malaysia to demonstrate their commitment and solidarity with the local parties in the alliance.
He said that GRS was sending a signal that for political cooperation in Sabah, parties outside of GRS, including PH, must accept and agree to use the coalition’s logo.
Meanwhile, Syahruddin Awang Ahmad of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) said the proposal would allow GRS to gain influence and peninsula-based parties could also leverage on this influence.
Citing PKR as an example, he believed that this strategy would help the party to retain the Inanam and Api-Api state seats.
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