{"id":25596,"date":"2024-01-11T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T01:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=25596"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T01:06:19","slug":"kdm-aspires-to-become-a-kingmaker-displaying-confidence-in-securing-a-minimum-of-seven-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/01\/11\/kdm-aspires-to-become-a-kingmaker-displaying-confidence-in-securing-a-minimum-of-seven-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"KDM aspires to become a &#8216;kingmaker&#8217;, displaying confidence in securing a minimum of seven seats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: Despite speculation that the Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) will collaborate with Barisan Nasional (BN) and Warisan in the Sabah PRN, the party is seen to be taking a &#8216;wait and see&#8217; stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to FMT, the party was told by the party&#8217;s source that the &#8216;wait and see&#8217; stance was taken because the party is still evaluating strategic cooperation and is confident of being able to become a &#8216;kingmaker&#8217; based on its strength in the interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, KDM has strong support in the state assembly within the Kudat and Tenom parliaments in addition to Kota Marudu, which he represents through Datuk Wetrom Bahanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In GE15, Wetrom defeated the incumbent and President of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), Datuk Maximus Ongkili.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So far, at least we can win seven seats, so we can be a &#8216;kingmaker&#8217; during the formation of the state government later,&#8221; said the KDM leader, who believes more Kadazan Dusun Murut seats will be won based on the current sentiment,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KDM is led by Datuk Peter Anthony, who is also the Melalap assemblyman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: Despite speculation that the Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) will collaborate with Barisan Nasional (BN) and Warisan in the Sabah PRN, the party is seen to be taking a &#8216;wait and see&#8217; stance. According to FMT, the party was told by the party&#8217;s source that the &#8216;wait and see&#8217; stance was taken because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25598,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25596\/revisions\/25598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}