KOTA KINABALU: Two political allies in Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) - Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Sabah STAR - are not holding back their punches amid a war of words between them.
PBS Youth chief Christopher Mandut told Sabah STAR s Jovilis Manjami to stop meddling in PBS affairs in an ongoing tit-for-tat quarrel between the two allies in the ruling GRS-led state government.
In calling Jovilis a rookie politician, Mandut said he should mind his own business and leave PBS to handle its own matters. We do not need his opinion. PBS has always been in communication with the GRS leadership, so there is no need for him (Jovilis) to remind us of our strength, Mandut said.
KOTA KINABALU: A political brawl seems to be brewing in the shadows between the two Kadazandusun-based parties in the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition.
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Sabah STAR are seen as competing with each other as they try to gain stronger ground in the Kadazandusun and Murut areas, triggering perceived manoeuvres of political one-upmanship.
The political cold war is believed to have started when Sabah STAR led by Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan took in PBS strongman Stephen Teo and made him the Sepanggar Sabah STAR division chief.
Though PBS did not directly respond to the pinching of its member, PBS president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili and other senior party members have gone on the move across the state to strengthen the party at its division levels.