PRN Sabah yang terakhir sebelum PRU – Zahid

TIMBALAN Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi menyifatkan pilihanraya negeri Sabah sebagai yang terakhir sebelum pilihanraya umum ke-16 diadakan.

PRN ke-17 Sabah, katanya ialah peluang terakhir Umno untuk memperkukuhkan semua aspek sebelum PRU.

“Kita ‘underdog’ di Sabah… ini peluang terakhir bagi membuktikan Umno dan Barisan Nasional berada di landasan yang betul,” kata presiden Umno itu kepada Mingguan Malaysia.

Zahid berkata, tidak akan ada sebuah parti pun akan dapat mendominasi pembentukan kerajaan Sabah, dan oleh itu pakatan atau kerjasama mesti dilakukan.

Umno dan BN, katanya masih mengekalkan kerjasama dengan Pakatan Harapan (PH) dan akan memastikan tidak berlaku pertindihan kerusi yang mereka tandingi.

BN juga terbuka untuk bekerjasama dengan parti lain di Sabah kerana mereka tidak akan mampu membentuk kerajaan negeri sendirian.

Beliau juga berkata senarai calon BN sudah pun diputuskan selepas ditapis dan diperiksa oleh pihak polis, SPRM dan agensi lain.

“BN akan memberi lebih banyak peluang kepada calon wanita, muda dan calon akar umno yang mewakili setiap kaum di Sabah.”

Mengenai kemungkinan bekerjasama semula dengan Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRs), Zahid berkata pihaknya terbuka untuk membincangkannya selepas PRN.

Beliau juga menyifatkan PRN Sabah sebagai pengukur kepada kemampuan BN di Melaka, Johor dan PRU akan datang.

 

 

Sabah election the last before GE16 – Zahid

DEPUTY Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has described the upcoming Sabah state election as Umno’s final opportunity to prove its strength before the next general election.

He said the 17th Sabah election will serve as a reflection of the party’s performance heading into the 16th General Election (GE16).

“We are the underdog in Sabah… This is last chance to show that Sabah Umno and Barisan Nasional can do well,” the Umno president told Mingguan Malaysia.

He said no single party is likely to dominate Sabah’s volatile and fragile political landscape, making cooperation essential for any government formation.

Umno and BN, Zahid said, will maintain their alliance with Pakatan Harapan (PH), ensuring no overlapping seats between the two coalitions.

He added that BN is open to collaborating with other groups in Sabah, as “no party can form the government alone”.

Zahid stressed that candidate selection has been completed following background checks by the police, MACC, and other agencies.

The BN chairman said the coalition would prioritise young, female, and grassroots candidates representing Sabah’s ethnic diversity.

He also revealed that the state Umno has full autonomy to choose its candidates and potential chief minister.

On the possibility of working again with Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), Zahid said the party was open to post-election cooperation despite past betrayals.

Zahid described the state polls as a mirror for BN’s upcoming challenges in Melaka, Johor, and the national election.

“This is not just about Sabah but about proving Umno’s capability nationwide,” he said.

Caretaker chief minister Hajiji Noor dissolved the Sabah assembly on Oct 6 to trigger the 17th state election, which must be held no later than Dec 7.

There are approximately 1.786 million eligible voters, including 662,000 first-time voters.

 

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