Show of support for Shafie

Kota Kinabalu: Several party leaders on Friday reiterated their support for the leadership of Chief Minister and Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) President Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal after claims emerged on social media that the State Government will collapse soon.

Deputy Chief Ministers Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau (Upko President), Datuk Christina Liew (Sabah PKR Chief) and Datuk Jaujan Sambakong (Warisan Vice-President), as well as State DAP Acting Chief Datuk Frankie Poon and Warisan Vice-President Datuk Junz Wong, held a joint press conference to state their allegiance.

Tangau said there had been growing rumours on social media of a change in the State Government in July.

“This is not true. Our support lies with the Chief Minister,” he said.

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He said Sabah could not be equated with the political turmoil in Kedah and Melaka, which have seen their governments taken over by Perikatan Nasional (PN), as Sabah assemblymen from the State Government bloc continue to support Shafie’s leadership.

He added that the Sabah government assemblymen had pledged to support the State Government led by Shafie, who is also the President of Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan), despite rumours that changes would take place in the State Government.

Tangau said the stand of the state government assemblymen was based on the struggle initiated by Shafie, especially in defending Sabah’s rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), over the past two years.

“As such, the leaders and all the elected representatives who support the formation of the State Government of today, will continue to stand behind Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal to continue this struggle. “Similarly, we urge the people not to listen to any allegation aimed at undermining the stability of the Sabah Government,” he told reporters.

On Thursday, social media viraled a claim that there would be a change in the State Government in July because it said elected representatives from the government bloc had jumped the party.

Tangau said the issue was not a new one in which certain parties deliberately tried to undermine the stability of the State Government of today by spreading rumours aimed at misleading Sabahans.

However, he clarified that the allegations that there would be a change in the State Government did not arise as the Sabah government bloc is solid and has 18 seats more than the opposition in the State Assembly.

According to him, the situation in Sabah is different from Melaka and Kedah as the majority of state seats between the government and opposition blocs in the two states were just one or two seats.

‘’We (the government bloc) is solid. Our majority is high...over 18 seats. So, don’t compare Sabah with them.

“Therefore, please stop all this fake talk aimed at disrupting the stability in Sabah. We have no time for all this,” he said. The Warisan-DAP-PKR-Upko coalition has a total of 43 assemblymen. The opposition bloc, comprising PPBM, PBS, Star and Umno, has 17. There are also five nominated assemblymen aligned to the State.

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Also present were Warisan’s Karambunai Assemblyman Azhar Matussin, Warisan’s Merotai Assemblyman Sarifuddin Hatta, Warisan’s Petagas Assemblyman Datuk Uda Sulai, Warisan’s Moyog Assemblywoman Jennifer Lasimbang, Warisan’s Pitas Assemblyman Datuk Bolkiah Ismail, Warisan’s Kemabong Assemblyman Jamawi Jaafar, Warisan’s Kunak Assemblywoman Norazlinah Mohd Arif, DAP’s Likas Assemblyman Tan Lee Fatt, DAP’s Luyang Assemblyman Phoong Jin Zhe, DAP’s Kapayan Assemblywoman Jannie Lasimbang, Upko’s Kadamaian Assemblyman Datuk Ewon Benedick, Upko’s Paginantan Assemblyman Datuk Abidin Madingkir and Balung Assemblyman Datuk Osman Jamal, among others. Some Warisan assemblymen from other allied parties were visibly absent in the press conference for unknown reasons.

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