PH Sabah to back Warisan if Kimanis by-election held

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Pakatan Harapan (PH) will fully support Parti Warisan Sabah’s (Warisan) candidate if a by-election is called for the Kimanis parliamentary seat.

Based on the 14th General Election’s (GE14) consensus, PH Sabah chairperson Datuk Christina Liew said the Kimanis seat would be contested by a Warisan candidate.

“We do not see any reason to change the candidate.

“I have personally contacted DAP (Democratic Action Party), Amanah (Parti Amanah Negara) and PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat), we have all agreed to support the Warisan candidate.”

Liew, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, said that when asked on the possible by-election for the Kimanis parliamentary seat previously held by Datuk Seri Anifah Aman after officiating at a photographic exhibition held in conjunction with the 180th World Photography Day at the State Library in Tanjung Aru here yesterday.

The Election Court declared Anifah’s victory in Kimanis as null and void on Aug 16. Nonetheless, Anifah’s legal team said the former foreign minister has instructed them to file an appeal at the Federal Court.

Liew, who heads Sabah PKR, said she would call a meeting for PH Sabah very soon to discuss the potential by-election.

“For PKR, we are ready to assist Warisan’s candidate in the event of a by-election.”

Nevertheless, she said the Election Commission (EC) had not announced a by-election for the Kimanis parliamentary seat.

“From what I knew when I was practising as a lawyer in the past, there is no appeal for election petition.”