BN tolak GRS, sedia kerjasama dengan PH

UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah memutuskan tidak bekerjasama dengan Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) bagi menghadapi Pilihan Raya Negeri ke-17 (PRN17) Sabah.
Pengerusi BN Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yang juga Presiden UMNO berkata UMNO dan BN Sabah bagaimanapun kekal menjalin kerjasama dengan Pakatan Harapan (PH) pada pilihan raya berkenaan.
“Kami mengekalkan kerjasama BN-PH. Namun, BN Sabah dan UMNO Sabah memutuskan secara muktamad tidak akan ada kerjasama dengan GRS. Sekian terima kasih,” katanya pada sidang media di Kota Kinabalu, tengah malam tadi.
Terdahulu, Ahmad Zahid mengadakan mesyuarat tertutup dengan barisan pemimpin UMNO Sabah di sini yang turut dihadiri Pengerusi Badan Pimpinan UMNO Sabah yang juga Pengerusi BN Sabah Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin.
Mengikut peruntukan, Dewan Undangan Negeri Sabah ke-16 akan terbubar secara automatik pada 11 Nov ini sekiranya tidak dibubarkan lebih awal, sekali gus membuka laluan kepada PRN17.

No to pact with GRS, yes to Pakatan Harapan

SABAH Umno and Barisan Nasional Sabah remain firm in their decision not to cooperate with Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) in the upcoming state election, while maintaining their partnership with Pakatan Harapan.

Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the decision was reached after a Sabah Umno political bureau meeting in Kota Kinabalu, last night.

He said it followed a review of seat negotiations and discussions involving GRS, Barisan and Pakatan leaders, which were chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during in Kuala Lumpur earlier.

In that meeting, the Prime Minister said that, as much as possible, three-cornered fights or overlapping seats should be avoided.

A technical committee comprising GRS, Barisan and Pakatan representatives was earlier formed to discuss seat allocations, with several rounds of talks held in Kota Kinabalu and Kuala Lumpur.

After reviewing all facts and details from the tripartite discussions, Zahid said he had conveyed the decision of the leadership, particularly Umno, that they would maintain cooperation between Barisan and Pakatan.

However, he said Barisan Sabah and Sabah Umno will not have any cooperation with GRS.

At this point, GRS and Sabah Barisan are unlikely to contest seats allocated to Pakatan, but clashes between GRS and Barisan remain possible in other constituencies.
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