Grs Man Says Hamzah Has No Solution Only Rhetoric

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GRS information chief Joniston Bangkuai hits back at opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin’s call for a change of state government.
PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin has no solutions to Sabah’s infrastructure problems, only political rhetoric to blacken the state government, says a leader of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah.
GRS information chief Joniston Bangkuai said Sabah’s infrastructure problems would not have persisted if the federal government had fulfilled its commitments to the state.
He dismissed Hamzah’s call to Sabahans yesterday to vote out the current state government in the coming state elections for its failure to end problems of electricity and water supply and poor road conditions.
He said that Hamzah, a former federal minister, should understand that the solution to these long-standing issues lies in Putrajaya fulfilling Sabah’s right to receive its share of federal revenue collected from the state.
Joniston said the remarks by Hamzah, a deputy chairman of Perikatan Nasional, were politically-motivated. “He’s not trying to offer solutions with his remarks but to create negative perceptions for political mileage,” Joniston told FMT.
Joniston said the GRS government had allocated RM2.6 billion in the 2025 state budget for basic infrastructure and utilities, RM424.53 million for road development and upgrades, and RM729.79 million to improve clean water supply.
One of PN’s component parties, PAS, has a nominated member (Aliakbar Gulasan) in the Sabah legislative assembly.
Revenue-sharing has been a bone of contention with Sabah political leaders over the years based on a constitutional provision for annual federal grants amounting to 40% of the net revenue collected since 1963.
However, the constitution also provides that the revenue share is subject to review while the federal government had previously stated lump sum payments had been agreed on later, rendering the 40% formula inapplicable. - FMT

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