KOTA KINABALU: Kuamut Independent state assemblyman Datuk Masiung Banah says he needs “a little more time” to gauge the current political situation before choosing to join a political party.<\/p>\n
He said he would not be in a hurry to make a decision, instead took a more cautious approach for fear of the phobia of being levelled as “frog”.<\/p>\n
The joke in Sabah is that those who change parties with an elected mandate \u2013 are called party frogs.<\/p>\n
“I received a lot of offers from various political parties…so many offers but give me a little more time to decide,” he said.<\/p>\n
Masiung, who is also the Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Board, said this after attending the Aidilfitri with the media here today.<\/p>\n
“Let me calm down first and analyze the current political situation … but as for the government, we support the GRS government,” said the former UPKO supreme council member.<\/p>\n
He left UPKO just before the 2020 state election.<\/p>\n
Asked whether he would rejoin UPKO, Masiung said “nothing is impossible in politics”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sabah UMNO Liaison Chairman, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin was quoted as saying recently that ‘there will be other independent state assemblymen’ joining the party soon.<\/p>\n
“God willing, there will be. This will strengthen BN-UMNO (in Sabah) and our goal is to strengthen the party and develop the state,” said Bung Moktar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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