Hajiji Denies Ties With Bung Strained Says Grs Remains Strong

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Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji Noor today denied that his relationship with his deputy Bung Moktar Radin is strained.
The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) chairperson said, on the contrary, ties between leaders in the coalition remain strong.
Hajiji (above) also pointed out that he would have not remained as chief minister if the situation was otherwise.
“Let me make this clear. We have never had a fallout. No misunderstanding despite talks by others about the both of us.
“My relationship with Bung, Maximus Ongkili (PBS president) and Jeffrey Kitingan (STAR president) is very friendly and getting stronger with time,” he said in a statement in conjunction with the closing ceremony of the GRS Back Benchers Club Retreat in Kudat yesterday.
GRS is a Sabah-based political coalition comprising Perikatan Nasional (Bersatu, STAR, SAPP, PAS and Gerakan), BN (Umno, PBRS, MIC dan MCA) and PBS.
Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Bung Moktar RadinHajiji, who is also Sabah PN chairperson, said both he and Bung, who is Sabah BN chairperson, agreed that the mandate given by the people of Sabah to GRS needs to be protected through hard work before it ends in four years.
On registering GRS officially, Hajiji said if all parties were on the same page on the matter, he would go the extra mile to get it done.
“I believe once we make the coalition official, ties and unity within will be strengthened,” he said.
GRS won the Sabah state election in 2020 after securing 41 of the 73 state seats contested and ousting the Warisan Plus coalition (Warisan, Upko and DAP) which won 32 seats.
After the formation of the state government, GRS secured an additional six seats through six assemblypersons who were appointed before five opposition assemblypersons also switched over.
- Bernama

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