PETALING JAYA: Sabah deputy chief minister III Shahelmey Yahya may have to contest the state elections on another party’s platform following his suspension from Umno, but vacating his Putatan parliamentary seat should not be a difficult decision, a political analyst said.
Lee Kuok Tiung of Universiti Malaysia Sabah believes the Tanjung Keramat assemblyman will carry on for now.“Shahelmey can leave the party after the dissolution and contest on another party’s ticket. In this context, he’s not subjected to the anti-party hopping law.
However, Lee said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi are likely to intervene due to the potential risk of losing a seat in the Dewan Rakyat.On Sunday, Sabah Umno chief Bung Moktar Radin claimed that rules set out by the Election Commission made Shahelmey ineligible to defend his state seat, after the party suspended him for six years in March last year.
“However, this is an argument that has yet to go through , and it is highly likely that the court would ultimately have to interpret the law,” the analyst said. “Realistically, he wouldn’t be able to defend both. Defending his state seat as an independent or under GRS would see him automatically disqualified as an Umno member and his parliamentary seat vacated.
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