SANDAKAN: Sabah will not dissolve its State Assembly to go along with the dissolutionof Parliament because it still has three more years to serve full term.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor said it was rumoured that the
Sabah State Assembly will be dissolved too if Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri
Yaakob announced the dissolution of Parliament this year.
“But, all these talks are not true as we still have three more years to govern Sabah,” he
said at the Jelajah Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) Batu Sapi held at the Flat MPS in
Kampung Lupak Meluas Darat here today.
GRS-Barisan Nasional State Government celebrates its second anniversary tomorrow
(Sept 26).
“What is important is that we continue to strenghten GRS, the coalition representing the
multi-racial and multi-religion people in Sabah,” he said.
“There are those who claimed that the 15th General Election will be held this October
and some saying it will be next year but whatever it is GRS is ready,” said the GRS
chairman.
Hajiji also disclosed that all the component parties in GRS have agreed to use the GRS
symbol in the impending parliamentary elections.
“All the parties in GRS including Parti Bersatu Sabah and STAR have agreed to use the
GRS symbol in the election.
“God willing, we will emerge victorious in this parliamentary elections,” he said.
Hajiji said both GRS and BN have pledged to work together to develop Sabah and bring
progress to the people.
“If the candidate for Batu Sapi (parliament seat) is chosen from GRS, we know BN will
also work hard to ensure victory and likewise if a BN candidate is chosen, GRS will work
hard to make sure the candidate wins because we are a GRS-BN government,” he said.
“We must learn from past political mistakes. Enough is enough we do not need to be
split and divisive anymore,” he said.
“This time we hope to cooperate in the best way possible and bring Sabah forward in
line with the Sabah Maju Jaya slogan,” he said.
Hajiji also assured that the GRS-BN State Government will address all the issues
affecting the people in Batu Sapi such as the squatter settlement status.
“I have discussed with Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Panglima
Masidi Manjun to look into the issue and if possible to gazette the squatters settlement
into a kampung reserve,” he said.
Also present were GRS secretary general Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun,
representatives of the respective GRS component party presidents, GRS supreme
council member Datuk Arifin Arif, GRS Batu Sapi chief Firdaus Khan and assemblymen.-pr/BNN
