KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor today confirmed that he will be leading a local party known as\u00a0Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat).
\nHe said Gagasan Rakyat was accepted to be part of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition on Dec 9 last year, adding that it will continue its struggle as a local party in the state.
\n\u201cYes (will be announced) in the next few days. Actually, this party already exists, we just take over,\u201d he told reporters after officiating at the closing ceremony of the GRS Students\u00a0Convention and launching of the GRS student wing here.
\nParti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah was formed and registered on Aug 28, 2013.
\nOn Dec 10, 2022, Hajiji,\u00a0who is also GRS chairman, announced that the leaders of Bersatu\u00a0Sabah decided to leave Bersatu but would remain under the coalition.
\nGRS now has five component parties, namely Gagasan Rakyat, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR), Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) and United Sabah National Organisation\u00a0(USNO).
\nHajiji hoped that his move to join Gagasan Rakyat would put various issues, especially on his position as the chief minister, to rest.
\n\u201cWhat is important is I have obtained\u00a0the majority support of Sabah assemblymen as the chief minister, and I am leading a party, namely Gagasan Rakyat,\u201d he said.
\nMeanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister\u2019s Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, when met at the same event, confirmed that he had been sacked\u00a0from Bersatu.
\n\u201cI will remain as a direct member of GRS and will not join Gagasan Rakyat because it is prohibited by the law,\u201d said the Papar MP.
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