Neck-and-neck race in Kimanis as campaign nears final stretch
BY JULIA CHAN
“We are reasonably confident that the people here are loyal to Umno. I think many are disillusioned by the PH government and its broken promises. Development has been non-existent, and many are worse off now. It may be close, but we think we can scrape by with a 1,000 or so majority,” said the party insider.
He said that although the popular belief is that the majority Muslim native vote will be evenly split, he tipped Warisan to get the edge, particularly with the Kadazandusun and Murut minority — known colloquially as KDM — and the non-Muslim community, as well as the Chinese, who together make up about 35 per cent of the electoral roll here.
“We need the youth and the KDM people to support us. The rest are OK — we know they are loyal to us. We want to win, not by a little, but by a lot,” said Najib. Another analyst said that while the PSS was inevitably going to be a hot topic, it would be futile to harp on it while ignoring the more important bread-and-butter issues.
Warisan has mostly relied on president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal to do the heavy lifting. He is followed closely by his KDM vice president Datuk Peter Anthony.
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