Shafie says Warisan can win Sungai Sibuga

THE term “traditional seat” in Sabah is not stopping Parti Warisan from contesting all seats in the upcoming state election, as Warisan has taken over stronghold seats before, says Shafie Apdal.

In the case of the Sungai Sibuga seat, which has been under Umno for 31 years, including 26 years under former Sabah chief minister and now head of state Musa Aman, the Warisan president said nothing was impossible as long as there are continuous efforts by the party to engage with the grassroots community.

“InsyaAllah (we can win this seat). But we have to work hard. You cannot earn something if you don’t work hard. We get close to the rakyat. If I could toppe Umno that was based in Tawau, Semporna, and in Lahad Datu, why not here?” he said.

He said this when met by reporters after the Majlis Bersama Rakyat programme in Sungai Kayu and Batu Putih, Mile 7, here, Saturday (Aug 30).

Shafie said he had told the peninsula-based parties, “Enough is enough, let us manage. We know better what Sabah wants and needs.”

Sungai Sibuga, long regarded as a symbolic Umno stronghold, has been under the party’s control since 1994, first held by Musa for 26 years before he was succeeded by Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supain, who passed away in January this year.

While the seat remains significant for Umno, Shafie said voter sentiment is shifting across Sabah as communities demand better infrastructure, secure land rights, and equal access to basic services.

 

Shafie yakin Warisan boleh rampas Sg Sibuga

ISTILAH ‘kerusi tradisi’ di Sabah tidak akan menghalang Parti Warisan daripada bertanding di semua kawasan pada pilihanraya negeri akan datang, kata presidennya Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal.

Dalam kes kerusi Sungai Sibuga yang menjadi kubu kuat UMNO selama 31 tahun, termasuk 26 tahun di bawah cengkaman bekas ketua menteri Tun Musa Aman, Shafie berkata tidak ada yang mustahil bagi Warisan untuk merampasnya kali ini.

“In shaa Allah kita boleh menang tetapi kita kena kerja kuat. Jika saya boleh tumbangkan UMNO di Tawau, Semporna dan Lahad Datu, kenapa tidak di sini (Sibuga)?,” katanya di Kota Kinabalu, selmarin.

Beliau turut memberitahu UMNO bahawa “Cukup-cukuplah. Rakyat Sabah sekarang tahu apa yang mereka mahu.”

Sungai Sibuga yang selama ini menjadi kubu kuat UMNO sejak 1994, kali pertama dipegang oleh Musa sebelum digantikan oleh Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supain yang meninggal dunia Januari lalu.

 

 

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