CONTEST.....Will more Sabah
incumbents who were dropped seek to contest?
By
: FMT STAFF
KUALA
LUMPUR: Dropped Sabah Umno parliamentarian Salleh Salbi is apparently making
overtures to the opposition. Salleh, who was a one-term Silam MP, was not on
the list of incumbents retained by Umno to contest in the 13th general
election.
Sources
claimed that Salleh wanted to defend his seat and was now looking for a
vehicle. He is willing to do so on an opposition ticket.
Quoting
an unnamed aide to Salleh, online portal Borneo Insider said Salleh had already
sent out feelers to PKR and Sabah Progressive People’s Party (SAPP).
“Salleh
was very disappointed at being dropped as he had worked tirelessly throughout
the constituency for the term.
“It
is without doubt that he [Salleh] had done quite a bit in his one-year term as
MP and he deserved to have been given a second go; instead, a less hard-working
person has got the job,” said the aide.
Yesterday,
Sabah Barisan Nasional chairman Musa Aman announced Nasrun Mansur to replace
him. Nasrun is the former Lahad Datu assemblyman.
According
to the aide, Nasrun was not a “good choice” and would have lost even if they
had fielded him in Lahad Datu, what more in Silam.
“Lot
of people [in Lahad Datu] are upset with him,” said the aide.
According
to the aide, Salleh’s first choice of an opposition platform is SAPP.
“We
are talking to our SAPP contacts and hopefully SAPP will take him in.
Otherwise, he would try his luck with PKR,” said the aide.
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