00:01Parti Bersatu Sabah and Parti Solidarity Tanah Airku are not looking to leave Gabungan Rakyat Sabah ahead of the upcoming state polls, the Sabah ruling coalition said today.
00:13JRS Information Chief Jonathan Bangkwai dismissed speculation about the two parties distancing themselves from the coalition, especially as both have been consistent in their commitment to the group of Sabah-based parties.
00:25Jonathan, who is also PBS Information Chief, said GRS component parties had leveraged their influence to strengthen the coalition with the aim of further developing Sabah, adding that it would be politically counterproductive for any of them to break away from GRS.
00:42He said the focus should be on ensuring that GRS, including its founding parties such as PBS and Star, could address pressing issues such as rural infrastructure, economic empowerment and youth development, areas which all parties in the coalition were already actively contributing to.
01:00The Kulu Assemblyman was responding to a recent FMT report in which political analysts said PBS and Star should not leave GRS ahead of the upcoming state polls.
01:11Jonathan also said the party should work to consolidate GRS's message, ensure continuity in its policies and prove that the coalition deserves Sabah's trust for another term.
