Penyokong BN, Lokman Noor Adam mahu Bersatu bertanding sendirian di Sabah.
Beliau mencabar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin meletakkan calonnya atas tiket Bersatu dan bertanding melawan Barisan Nasional (BN) di Sabah.
“Saya cabar Muhyiddin agar bertanding di Sabah dengan mengguna tiket PPBM.
“Kita lihat nanti samada Abahkau kuat atau Bosku yang lebih berpengaruh di Sabah,” kata Lokman Noor Adam dipetik MD.
Ia berdasarkan kenyataan Muhyiddin agar Bersatu meletakkan calon di Sabah dengan menggunakan pengaruh beliau.
Abah adalah nama timangan Muhyiddin bagi penyokong beliau manakala Bossku adalah nama timangan untuk Najib bagi penyokong beliau.
Lokman berkata, Barisan Nasional (BN) akan menyokong Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin untuk mengetuai pasukan pilihan raya BN di Sabah.
“Kita sokong Bung Mokhtar, pengerusi BN Sabah agar BN tanding kesemua 72 kerusi dan tidak ada satupun yang perlu bagi kepada Bersatu,” kata Lokman melalui siaran langsung menerusi facebook beliau.
Menurut Lokman, yang dianggap sebagai jurucakap Najib, BN akan meletakkan syarat bayaran RM100 juta kepada semua calon yang bertanding atas tiket BN agar mereka tidak melompat parti selepas menang nanti.
“Nak cari calon dan mesti ada janji RM100 juta supaya mereka tak lompat. Kalau setakat RM10 juta, ada orang yang mampu bayar kerana telah merompak wang negara selama 22 tahun,” katanya yang dipercayai ditujukan kepada Tun Dr Mahathir yang menjadi PM selama 22 tahun.
Bersatu popular, huge in Sabah, Wan Fayhsal tells Umno amid seat tussle
Wednesday, 05 Aug 2020 06:29 PM MYT
BY KENNETH TEE
KUALA LUMPUR, August 5 — Umno has failed to understand Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s strength in Sabah, Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal has reportedly said amid the ruling coalition’s seat tussle in the upcoming state election.
The deputy youth and sports minister also claimed Sabah Bersatu is “a major bloc” in Malaysian politics and has the right to make its place before starting further discussions with the central leadership and its allies.
“We have 500 branches and about 25 divisions in Sabah, and thousands of members. In fact, it is the largest group throughout Malaysia.
“So, definitely the popularity of Bersatu in Sabah is quite big and it’s a force to be reckoned with,” he was quoted as saying by Malaysiakini.
He also stressed that the party was ready to negotiate with all parties in the state, including Umno, in the hope of arriving at a consensus in which they would only face Parti Warisan Sabah as an opponent instead of each other.
Earlier this week, Wan Fayhsal had chastised Umno information chief Shahril Sufian Hamdan after the latter dismissed the former’s party’s ambition to contest 45 seats in the Sabah state election.
Previously, Shahril had told Bersatu “not to dream” after its Sabah chapter chief Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the party aims to contest in 45 seats during the state election.
Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa had since said that if Bersatu wishes for straight fights with ruling Parti Warisan Sabah, it must concede the seats to the “stronger party”, but stopped short of naming the latter party.
On July 30, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal announced the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly to pave the way for a state election, which has to be held within 60 days.
The announcement was made after Tan Sri Musa Aman announced that he had secured the support of enough lawmakers to represent a simple majority in the state assembly and could consequently take over the state administration.