GE15: GRS, GPS to join forces for Borneo bloc to form federal govt
SINAR DAILY REPORTERS
KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) may work with Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to establish a Borneo bloc and form the federal government with a national coalition that can bring the most benefit to the two states.
English news portal Malay Mail reported Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said that he had spoken with Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg.
Both of them agreed to support a federal government that could bring stability to the nation and the two states.
“We want to work together on a Borneo bloc to support the federal government that can bring benefit to Sabah and Sarawak,” he was reported to have said.
Hajiji, who is GRS and Sabah Bersatu chairman, said that the 14 seats won in Sabah will move together en bloc but said it could not decide which coalition it will work with yet as the full results have yet to be announced by the Election Commission (EC).
