Decisions Affecting State Interests Will Always Be Referred Back To Us Liew

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SABAH POLLS | Sabah PKR chief Christina Liew explained that every party decision made which affects state interests will always be referred back to the state leadership first
She was referring to the seven seats that PKR will be contesting in the Sabah state election, which is half of what the party had initially announced it would contest
“In every step we do, we always consult our party president, our secretary-general. We are a national party, so we have national policies and state policies
“But when it comes to state interests, it will be referred back to us,” Liew said to reporters today after handing out the endorsement letters to the seven candidates at Sabah PKR headquarters in Kota Kinabalu
Two days ago, PKR had unilaterally announced that it will be fielding its candidates in 14 seats
However, when Warisan president Shafie Apdal announced the candidates contesting using the Warisan logo, it was revealed that PKR would only be contesting in seven seats
Liew later issued a statement saying Sabah PKR had reached a consensus with Warisan to contest in only seven seats and that this decision had been endorsed by the party’s president Anwar Ibrahim and secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution
Anwar and Saifuddin had previously met with Shafie at the latter’s house to discuss seat negotiations
Liew explained today that they had gone through three phases in preparing for the state election
In phase one, they had discussed candidate selection within the party, and in phase two, they had discussed seat negotiations with their partners
“The third phase is where we are now, focused on winning,” she said
When pressed about whether there were elements of sabotage in the earlier announcement of 14 seats, Liew stressed that her focus now is on winning
“I am in phase three now. I am focused on winning, not about sabotage. At this stage, my slogan will be ‘politics don’t matter, results do’,” she said
Meanwhile, PKR information chief Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin said he does not think there will be any sabotage from within the party during the elections due to dissatisfaction over the seven seats
He said the party has gone through the process of seat negotiations and their stand has been expressed
“The process has been done. Now we are focused on winning,” he said, echoing Liew’s sentiment
Yesterday, Sabah PKR Youth information chief Razeef Rakimin had accused Warisan of betrayal over the seat distribution and warned it could lead to protest votes
The seven PKR candidates announced today are as follow:1. N09 Tempasuk - Mustapha bin Sakmud2. N05 Matunggong - Sazalye Donol Bin Abdullah3. N18 Inanam - Peto Galim4. N32 Klias - Abdul Rahman5.N45 Sook - Raymond Ahuar6.N14 Tamparuli - Alijus bin Sipil7.N20 Api Api - Christina Liew Chin Jin- Mkini

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