KOTA KINABALU, Nov 30 (Bernama) — PartI Warisan (Warisan) president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal confirmed that he has not met any political party leaders following the results of the 17th Sabah state election yesterday, which saw Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) win 29 state constituencies.
Mohd Shafie who defended his Senallang seat said he would only meet with the political party leaders involved at the Sabah State Legislative Assembly sitting.
“No…I’ve already slept…I’m tired of campaigning for days and I’ve been working for more than four years. In this election, I haven’t met with any party leaders,” he said.
He said this when asked if he had met and discussed with any political party leaders in the state on the possibility of forming a coalition of political parties to govern the Sabah state government.
It was Mohd Shafie’s first press conference after his party, Warisan, secured 25 state seats compared to 29 for GRS, while Barisan Nasional secured (6), Independent (5), Pakatan Harapan (1), Perikatan Nasional (1), UPKO (3), STAR (2) and KDM (1).
As soon as the Election Commission (EC) announced that the party that won the most state seats in the 17th Sabah polls, GRS chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor was sworn in as Sabah Chief Minister for the second term before Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Musa Aman in a ceremony at Istana Seri Kinabalu at about 3am today.
Hajiji also successfully defended the Sulaman seat.
Asked if Warisan was ready to become the opposition following the Sabah election results yesterday, Mohd Shafie said his party was only looking at the situation based on what had happened during the early stages of the formation of the Sabah government after the 2020 election.
“We will see, because I knew that the GRS government with BN would not last long. I mean there are always dynamics in politics in this state,” he said.
Meanwhile, he also expressed his appreciation to the Chinese community in Sabah following the significant increase in support from the community’s voters for Warisan in the 17th Sabah polls, which saw eight DAP candidates lost in the election.
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— BERNAMA