KOTA KINABALU, Saturday, 14 December 2024
GRS leaders should not worry that DAP will withdraw from the GRS-led government because there is no possibility of Sabah Chapter of DAP leaving the GRS-led government on grounds of anti-corruption. In any case, GRS has nothing to fear because as the Chief Minister said, “There is nothing to hide.”
If anti-corruption were really the principle of DAP to choose its government partners, the DAP would not have joined hands with BN-UMNO in November 2022.
People remember how DAP, over more than 50 years, severely condemned UMNO as a corrupted party. But what people have witnessed in the last two years is that: DAP is comfortable partnering UMNO at all levels of government and even campaigning for UMNO at state elections and by-elections.
In Sabah, the so-called “review” of DAP’s position in the Sabah government is more likely to be merely a negotiation tactic to squeeze the Sabah Chief Minister and GRS leaders to concede more posts, more privileges and more benefits, including promoting DAP leaders in the Sabah Cabinet.
Datuk Yong Teck Lee
President, Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP)