
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) deputy secretary-general Armizan Mohd Ali has urged the coalition’s machinery to shift into election mode following the dissolution of the Sabah state assembly yesterday.
Armizan said GRS had previously decided against entertaining the insults levelled by its detractors as it wanted to focus on administering the state.
He said this focus on governance meant that GRS’s rivals had been able to “run ahead” in their criticism.
“Now the race is wide open and it’s our time to run,” he said in a Facebook post.
“Previously, we were the ones being pressed to respond – now it’s time for us to ask them to respond.”
Armizan reminded voters that the opposition had once formed the state government and was part of the federal government in the past, where some of its leaders served as chief…