In close Kimanis race, minority Chinese vote may tip scales in Warisan’s favour
Friday, 17 Jan 2020 06:00 AM MYTSabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal poses for pictures after campaigning for the Kimanis by-election in Sinuka January 9, 2020. — Bernama pic
As a businessman, Lee said progress in the west coast seat south of Kota Kinabalu in the last one year and nine month since Warisan took power has been slow. But he felt it is still worth giving the new government a chance to prove itself.Pundits too think the ethnic Chinese voters of Kimanis look set to support the state government in Saturday’s polls, possibly giving Warisan the edge for the parliamentary seat as it comes down to the wire.
Kimanis has 29,644 voters in total, but for political expediency, some 20,000 are grouped collectively as Muslim natives regardless of their ancestry from Brunei, Bisaya or Bajau. Chan also pointed out that the local Chinese are more likely to vote for a multiracial party than support Umno-BN, which has joined forces with the Islamist PAS and is leaning towards the right, after losing in the 2018 general elections.
“Even though people are not happy with something like bad business, they would not punish Warisan because of that,” he said.
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