PETALING JAYA:
Analysts have poured cold water on Jeffrey Kitingan’s planned Gerakan Sabah Baharu pact, with one pundit predicting the new state-centric alliance will have little meaningful impact.
James Chin of the University of Tasmania said Sabah’s political arena is already saturated, with multiple parties vying for seats in the upcoming state polls, either on their own or as part of already established coalitions.
He said the recent exit of Kitingan’s Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) and the Sabah Progressive Party from the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition has only served to crowd the state’s political landscape even further.
“Another Sabah nationalistic coalition isn’t going to make much of a difference,” Chin told…