Upko quits BN: Acting president and 5 Adun at odds

GE14 | United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Murut Organisation (Upko) acting president Wilfred Madius Tangau has announced that the party’s supreme council has decided to leave BN and join Parti Warisan Sabah.

This, said Tangau, is to facilitate efforts to form the new state government, Bernama reported.

However, the five Upko assemblypersons who won in the election denied that they will join Warisan and stressed that they would remain with BN.

This was confirmed during a press conference with Sabah BN chairperson Musa Aman at Sri Gaya today.

Tangau and fellow Upko leader Donald Peter Mojuntin had earlier visited the residence of Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal in Kota Kinabalu.

Tangau won the Tuaran parliamentary seat, but Mojuntin lost his bid for the Moyog state seat.

Meanwhile, Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) president Jeffrey Kitingan said his party would cooperate with BN in Sabah. With Star's two state seats, BN now has 31 seats in the state assembly, enough to form a state government.

Jeffrey confirmed his decision during the press conference with Musa today, Utusan Malaysia reported.

If Upko were to truly join Warisan, together with PKR and the DAP, the pact would have 34 state seats, more than enough to form the Sabah government.

Currently, BN has 29 state seats. Star won two state seats and one parliamentary seat. - Mkini