PBS chief dismisses Warisan’s offer to collaborate with GRS

PETALING JAYA: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) acting president Joachim Gunsalam has described an offer by Warisan to collaborate with Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) as an attempt to divide the ruling coalition.

He also compared the sudden interest by Warisan with PBS’s own commitment to GRS since the coalition was formed, Utusan Malaysia reported.

“Though we do not know what will happen in the future, PBS is committed to GRS at the moment,” he was quoted as saying following an event in Kota Kinabalu today.

However, Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) president Jeffrey Kitingan said his party is open to working with all local parties.

“Unity is a responsibility. It is the only way we can move forward like Sarawak,” he said.

Previously, Warisan vice-president Terrence Siambun and information chief Azis Jamman were reported to have said that their party only wants to work with STAR and PBS, and not with Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat), which they said was struggling with issues of integrity.

Siambun was reported by The Star as saying GRS leaders from Gagasan Rakyat have yet to be cleared in the probe into an alleged mining bribery scandal.

“How can Warisan join or even form an election pact with GRS when the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has yet to clear several Gagasan Rakyat assemblymen implicated in the mining scandal?” he said.