Chief Minister Hajiji Noor had said earlier on Friday that details of a reshuffle of the Sabah Cabinet will be announced soon. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Barisan, with 17 assemblymen, has pulled out from the 27-month-old coalition state government.
Sabah Barisan Nasional chairman, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, announced the Sabah Barisan decision after chairing a two-hour meeting at the Sabah Umno headquarters in Kota Kinabalu starting at 8pm on Friday night. Barisan is now expected to team up with Warisan and other smaller parties to make a bid to form the next state government. A move to push for Mr Bung to become the next chief minister has emerged recently.
GRS could possibly team up with Sabah Pakatan’s seven state reps and other splinter parties and independents.
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