PETALING JAYA: Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) will support Gabungan Rakyat Sabah chairman Hajiji Noor as chief minister while Perikatan Nasional has indicated that it will be in the opposition.
STAR president Jeffrey Kitingan confirmed that the party’s two assemblymen – himself and Bingkor assemblyman Ishak Ayub – will support Hajiji.

Kitingan congratulated Hajiji on his reappointment as the chief minister and also expressed gratitude to the voters who reelected him in Tambunan and backed Ishak to become the Bingkor assemblyman.

“Moving forward, STAR is committed to continue supporting the chief minister and constructively contributing to the state government’s agenda of development and stability.

“Sabah deserves to have a government that works together, especially in matters concerning its rights under the Federal Constitution and its long-term sovereignty,” he said in a statement.

The former deputy chief minister said his party remained committed to ensuring Sabah receives its entitlement to 40% of revenue derived from the state.

“We are prepared to support any genuine and bold effort to ensure Sabah’s rights,” he said.

Separately, PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said the coalition, through its sole assemblyman, remained committed to serving as a “check and balance” on the new state government.

He congratulated state PAS chief Aliakbar Gulasan on his election as the Karambunai assemblyman, saying this result motivated PN to work even harder in Sabah.

Aliakbar was previously a nominated assemblyman appointed by the Hajiji administration in 2020. He sat in the government bloc up until the state assembly’s dissolution last month, although PN was rivals with GRS at the federal level.

Muhyiddin, the Bersatu president, said PN will conduct a holistic study and post-mosterm on its performance at yesterday’s election to identify how it can bolster its presence in the Bornean state.

“PN is committed to being a principled voice that serves as a check and balance, championing integrity and the people’s interests while offering itself as a stable and mature political alternative,” he said in a statement.

Hajiji was sworn in for a second term as the chief minister past 3am today. GRS had won 29 seats while Hajiji was also backed by five independent candidates, three assemblymen from Upko, and one from Pakatan Harapan.

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expected lol

long foreseen but those diehard fans never saw it coming.

unless ppl buta lar how can u not see it

those right wing ultras mmg blind lol

ya who would have known

Judging from the press conference just now, Warisan is the only one will be opposition. Maybe PN too? BN also give support of confidence for Hajiji as CM. The rest sama je. Tak tahan jadi opposition

BTW 9m2w, keybearer. Kata keluar, last² bergabung juga. Kek

sabah for sabahan, 40% for sabahan politician, at least songlap by own sabahan is better

25 Aduns is a strong block

Lots can change in 5 years

Better lock up your Adun now, wait for an opportunity. It might come

If cannot then maybe not fated for shafie la

But at the minium make sure your 25 solid

Same mentality like here lor. Asalkan orang kito yang songlap.

katak soon will appear

Sabah always katak hence they cannot achieve the same leverage as Sarawak. If they can keep it solid maybe better times ahead

If they happy and they get better all the best.

But if keluar more touristking Malaya this Borneo that for every small issue boring man

If I was shafie I lock up all of them now and get a firm commitment liao

touristking pretty active around this time lmao

eleh that 40 % not like the current GRS was endorsing it for real tho

they only using the issue last minute for votes padahal they were sorta against and pro feds from the start.

They use the 40% as bait unlike the opposition

Sudahla, kerja pun tak nak buat, ada hati nak jadi check and balance.

At least he didn't gate crash the deputy chief minister office on day one this time

The legendary frog

39% politicians, 1% rakyat.

And as usual, rakyat surprised Pikachu, why no changes geh...