Sabah BN committed to rejecting politics of betrayal, division among the people

KOTA KINABALU: Barisan Nasional (BN) Sabah remains committed to defending the party’s stability and rejecting treacherous politics that divide the people.

Sabah UMNO Information Chief Datuk Suhaimi Nasir said Sabah can no longer be used as a political stage for those who like to jump parties (frogs).

According to him, only a stable and principled government can lead Sabah towards real progress because a government born from betrayal is unlikely to last long.

“Political stability is the foundation of the people’s prosperity, but Sabah witnessed the most unstable administrative episode in history during the administration of the Warisan Party (WARISAN).

“WARISAN formed the government in 2018 not because of the people’s mandate, but as a result of the betrayal of six BN State Assemblymen (ADUN) who defected.

“Therefore, WARISAN collapsed in the same way due to the party-hopping culture that they themselves started. This is the true face of the party’s politics which is full of tricks, without principles, and willing to gamble the people’s trust for temporary power,” he said in a statement here today.

He also described Sabah as ‘paralyzed’ during the 26 months of WARISAN rule with policies changing direction every month, investors losing confidence, and development halting halfway.

According to him, while the people are facing economic pressure and the COVID-19 pandemic, the WARISAN leadership is busy playing politics and fighting for power.

“The Anti-Party Jumping Law that was created after the fall of WARISAN is clear evidence of how their actions are damaging the integrity of democracy.

“What they consider a political strategy is actually a big lesson to the entire country that a government built on betrayal will not last.

“A Malay proverb says, ‘A house without pillars will collapse’ and that is the situation of WARISAN as a government without pillars of trust from the people. They are not fences that protect rice, but fences that eat rice,” he explained.

-Agency