Kota Kinabalu: The proposal for cooperation among Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), Pakatan Harapan (PH), and Barisan Nasional (BN) in the upcoming Sabah state election will be referred to the GRS Supreme Council, according to GRS chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Hajiji, who also serves as the Chief Minister, stated that GRS is open to collaborating with PH and BN in the election. He noted that the current Sabah state government was established through the GRS-PH Plus coalition. During a meeting in Tawau with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Hajiji acknowledged the Prime Minister’s emphasis on the importance of cooperation among the three political coalitions to ensure political stability at both the national and state levels.

“In terms of cooperation, we have no issue, because the current state government is GRS-PH Plus. However, any proposal for the next state election will be referred to the GRS Supreme Council for a decision,” Hajiji said in a statement. He added that he had informed the Prime Minister of the need to consider local aspirations in Sabah to foster political understanding moving forward.

While in Tawau, the Prime Minister, who is also the PH chairman, stated that discussions regarding collaboration among Sabah PH, Sabah BN, and GRS for the next state polls are ongoing and have not yet been finalized. Last Saturday, Unity Government Secretariat chief Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki and PH secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed in a joint statement that PH and BN had agreed to cooperate in the upcoming Sabah state election.