{"id":32081,"date":"2024-10-31T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=32081"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:57:04","slug":"extraordinary-support-indicates-that-kdm-may-contest-up-to-50-seats-in-prn-peter-anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/10\/31\/extraordinary-support-indicates-that-kdm-may-contest-up-to-50-seats-in-prn-peter-anthony\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraordinary support indicates that KDM may contest up to 50 seats in PRN\u2014Peter Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA BELUD: Datuk Peter Anthony, the President of the Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM), said that the party is currently experiencing remarkable support, even in regions where KDM does not hold a majority (Kadazan, Dusun, Murut, and Rungus).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that there have been numerous requests for the party to broaden its reach, particularly in predominantly Muslim areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Initially, I announced that KDM would aim to contest over 30 seats, especially in areas where KDM holds a majority. However, given the current circumstances and the influx of requests we have received, it is feasible that the number of seats we contest could rise to 50,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Melalap assemblyman made these comments after officiating the launch of the 17th State Election machinery (PRN17) for the Kadamaian in Kampung Bukid, here recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Peter expressed his belief that the outcome of his court case on November 27 will not diminish the public&#8217;s support for the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentioned that he and the KDM leadership are prepared for any eventuality and have contingency plans should the court&#8217;s ruling not be in his favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of the court&#8217;s decision on November 27, I am confident that the support for KDM will not wane but will instead strengthen,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have observed, during our tours to various regions, that the response has been exceedingly positive,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, he is optimistic that the competition for seats among the parties in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) will benefit KDM, which has opted to operate independently in the PRN17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA BELUD: Datuk Peter Anthony, the President of the Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM), said that the party is currently experiencing remarkable support, even in regions where KDM does not hold a majority (Kadazan, Dusun, Murut, and Rungus). He noted that there have been numerous requests for the party to broaden its reach, particularly in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32081","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\/32081","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=32081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32083,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32081\/revisions\/32083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}