Has Two Faced Pmx Ingenuously Plotted Ph S Demise In Sabah By Also Backing Grs To Skipper State

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WHILE many detractors are over the moon about DAP’s total 8-0 wipe-out in the recent 17th Sabah state election, one critical observer has gone beyond the Sabah for Sabahan sentiment that has generally rejected peninsula parties/coalitions to argue that the Madani government is very much intact in the Land below the Wind.
This is because amid Pakatan Harapan (PH) contesting in the elections, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had all the while been playing a double-sided game by also having campaigned for Gabungan Rakyat Sabah’s (GRS) president and now two-term Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Nor.
“PH got walloped by Sabahans but did PMX-Madani lose their shirts and trousers, everything in Sabah?” asked Aisehman |  (@Aisehman) in a thought-provoking post on X.

‘PMX still holds the sword’
“All the while, GRS was facing a major corruption scandal and allegations of Hajiji abusing his power to favour Farhash (former PMX’s political secretary-turned- corporate raider Datuk Seri Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak) who is said to be Anwar’s crony.
“Despite all this, Hajiji and GRS not only survived; they won the most seats (29 seats followed by Warisan by 25) and retained power in Sabah.”
As the allegations of corruption and abuse of power remain in the air “like the proverbial sword hanging over the heads of Hajiji and other GRS leaders” Aisehman contended that it was still PMX who called the shots at the end of the day.

“And who holds the sword? Federal which controls the levers of investigation and enforcement does,” argued the poster who is renowned for his counter perspective
“Sabah has just put back in power people who could potentially be the most beholden to Federal interest and influence.
“With Hajiji back in Seri Gaya (CM’s official residence) and Sabah’s governor Tun Musa Aman in Seri Kinabalu, PMX-Madani appears to have strengthened rather than weakened its hold on Sabah.”
Sabah Chinese discontent with PMX
Somehow solidifying Aisheman’s argument, former Barisan Nasional (BN) strategic communication deputy director Datuk Eric See-To painted a notion of PMX having stabbed DAP in the back with “a smug and arrogant borderline threatening remark to the Chinese community” two days before polling.
“You can’t scold me, call me lu siau eh (Hokkien for ‘are you crazy?’) and then come asking for things again. That’s not how it works,” PMX had reportedly said at a Sabah Chinese association dinner in Kota Kinabalu in his final push for PH candidates.
“(This is) as if federal allocations come from his parents’ (PMX) pockets? Which Chinese voter would react well to being called ‘crazy’ and warned in public?” the opposition-slant Madani critic who also blogs under the Lim Sian See moniker hit out on X.

“So of course DAP collapsed – then kept sinking. They didn’t just lose every seat (but) seats they once won by massive margins flipped into massive defeats.
“Even the Sabah DAP chairman and two DAP MPs – including a deputy minister – lost their pants when contesting state seats.”
Amid the brouhaha about the humiliation inflicted on DAP, an observer has exposed an underlying sentiment that many have presumably overlooked.


“The statistics of this Sabah state polls are clear. Only the STUPID can’t see it. PN (Perikatan Nasional) contested 41 seats – won one (36 lost deposits) – of which PAS contested six, won one (five lost deposits),” proffered a commenter to a social media post.
“PH contested 22, won one (one lost deposit). DAP contested eight, didn’t win but didn’t lose any deposit at all. This means that Sabah is not rejecting DAP completely. But rejecting PN/PAS ” –  Focus Malaysia

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