Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal said the current restrictions from COVID-19 alone cannot be the reason to avoid polls, especially in the event of a power tussle.
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 18 ― Calling for fresh state elections while the country is still in the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic was something caretaker Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal hoped to avoid.
“If Singapore can have their general elections, Korea and the US is also having their elections in November, why can’t Sabah? We have to make sure everything is in order because my concern is the people’s lives,” he said.To help maintain safety, Shafie said the state government had acquired some 10 million masks and hand sanitisers for voting districts and offices that will be handed out on polling day.
“I don’t want to jeopardise anything. For the right to vote, it’s ok, but the right to campaign, we have to look into it. If it jeopardises safety, then certain actions have to be taken,” he said. It was triggered after former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman claimed he had the support of a simple majority to form a government in the 65-member House, after 13 government-aligned assemblymen defected.
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