KOTA KINABALU: Warisan president Shafie Apdal\u2019s claim that the action of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) leaders leaving Bersatu is destabilising Sabah\u2019s politics is hypocritical since that was what his party had been doing since they lost the Sabah election in 2020.<\/p>\n
Political secretary to the chief minister Ceasar Mandela Malakun said since day one of the GRS-BN government taking over administration from his ill-fated Warisan government, Shafie\u2019s party had been plotting to topple the Sabah government, just like what they did to the Sabah BN government in 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery now and again, they spread rumours that this assemblyman and that assemblyman are leaving the GRS-BN coalition to form a state government with Shafie as the chief minister. I suppose it was Warisan\u2019s game to give hope to their Adun and keep them from leaving the party,\u201d he said in a statement here today.<\/p>\n
Malakun said he is not surprised at all that Warisan has now come up with another trick to destabilise the government, this time, by questioning the legitimacy of the chief minister and the Sabah government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are well aware that their accusations or as Shafie termed it, \u2018concern\u2019, do not hold water. But they are willing to go to any length including destabilising the government just to come out on top,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Malakun said Shafie and his party have relentlessly attacked leaders of GRS and BN, both politically and personally, in order to turn the people against Chief Minister Hajiji Noor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey beat their chests, proclaiming that they are the only authentically Sabah local party and that they will fight for Sabah\u2019s rights. Then they went and opened branches in Malaya, but never once mentioned Sabah\u2019s rights while campaigning there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWarisan\u2019s narratives have always been about misinformation and manipulating facts to benefit their party and their leaders. They do not care about the implications of their lies; they simply call it politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This is why, Malakun said that Sabahans should take with two pinches of salt the words coming out of Warisan\u2019s leaders mouths.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe words sound nice, but they are riddled with lies and half-truths, like poison apples,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In fact, Malakun said the GRS-BN government is as stable as it has always been and there is no question about the legitimacy of Hajiji as the chief minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cGRS is a party with 30 assemblymen plus 6 GRS-friendly assemblymen. Our partner Sabah BN has 17 assemblymen while Sabah PH 7 assemblymen have thrown their support behind Hajiji. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf Warisan is sincere about Sabah and Sabahans, they should play their roles as responsible oppositions as best they can, rather than stooping to gutter politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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