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Sabah BN President Bung Moktar Radin arriving at the State Palace today.
KOTA KINABALU (September 27): Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin told the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition that he needs more time to decide on the candidate who will be appointed as the new Chief Minister of Sabah, Sabah said. Barisan The president of Nasional (BN), Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin.
Bung Moktar said the Head of State told the coalition after hearing with him from four GRS political leaders in Istana Negeri here today.
“He (Tun Juhar) asked for time,” he told the media when the four leaders left Istana Negeri at 3.18 pm after spending about 45 minutes in Istana Negeri.
When asked for the deadline for the decision, Bung said “as soon as possible.”
Meanwhile, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Secretary General Datuk Jahid Jahim told the media that they had delivered the statutory statement (SD) to the Head of State and were waiting for a final response.
“We will leave it to Tun’s discretion. But everything (audience with Tun Juhar) went smoothly, ”said Jahid.
The recently concluded Sabah polls saw GRS winning 38 out of 73 state seats, wresting the Sabah state government from Parti Warisan Sabah.
However, the Head of State requested time for the appointment of the next Chief Minister of Sabah.
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