WARISAN’S main objective is to win the Sabah elections, said Mohd Shafie Apdal.

“I told Anwar (Ibrahim), who came to my house… I said I gave many seats (to PKR) last time, but they only won two.

“This is not the season for us to give seats, this is the season for us to win the elections. It is not a question of ‘Oh our party will be looked down on if we have a smaller number (of seats)’.

“It is not a party’s dignity that is our priority. It is the dignity that we want to win the elections, that is more important,” said Shafie during Warisan Sabah’s candidate announcement in Kota Kinabalu today.

The caretaker Sabah chief minister was explaining why PKR only got half the seats it expected although the party said that it planned to contest in 14 seats yesterday.

In the last general election in 2018, PKR won two out of the eight seats it was allocated.

News portal Malaysiakini reported that Shafie also chided PKR for not using the Warisan logo although DAP and Amanah have agreed to do so.

“DAP and Amanah are willing. Only PKR is unwilling.

“They do not want to use the logo, the number (of seats) is also undecided.

“I have told them that we are in agreement and that is the number we must contest,” he said.

Shafie said the seats were decided based on winnability and not on the grassroots and the number of members (a party has), but the ability to contribute and win every seat contested.

The 16th Sabah state election, with 73 seats up for grabs, begins on Saturday with polling set for September 26. – September 10, 2020.