
Barisan Nasional (BN) has submitted a list of candidates for consideration as ministers and assistant ministers in Sabah’s new Cabinet, the coalition’s chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.
Zahid said that parties which backed Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) were told to submit a list of candidates, Sinar Harian reported.
“We were told (to submit a list of candidates) and BN has done so,” he was quoted as saying.
Zahid, the deputy prime minister, said BN components got along well with those in GRS, and that a smooth formation of a new state government was important to ensure political stability.
He said he had contacted the prime minister as well as Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor, who was sworn in for a second term on Sunday, to ensure that Sabah was politically stable.
“Even though at the initial stage, the majority secured (by GRS)…