Salleh: Umno, BN in Sabah still strong

It is wishful thinking on the part of the opposition if they think there is a power struggle in Sabah, which is going to result in a change of state government.

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) in Sabah have never been more united than now, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak.

He said realising that Prime Minister Najib Razak has been the target of a plot, Sabah Umno and Sabah BN had closed ranks and were standing solidly behind Chief Minister Musa Aman.

“It is wishful thinking on the part of the opposition if they think there is a power struggle in Sabah, which is going to result in a change of state government.“Sabah has demonstrated loyalty to the party and party leadership and will continue to do so,” said Salleh in his latest blog posting, last night.

Salleh, who is also Sabah Umno deputy chairman, said the spin about disunity in Sabah Umno or Sabah BN was more than 10 years old and kept resurfacing from time to time.

He said in fact, the claim that Sabah was supposed to be the backbone of “16 September” where 10 of the 30 MPs who were supposed to cross over (as claimed by former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in 2008) were allegedly from Sabah, was just mere allegation.

“In the end nothing happened each and every time. But that does not stop the opposition from resurrecting and recycling this story. And they do it each time they are facing problems and need to distract people from the mess the opposition is in,” Salleh said. -FMT