ALL seven Sabah Pakatan Harapan (PH) state assemblymen today expressed their support for Hajiji Mohd Noor as chief minister, and said they are committed to working with him until the state assembly term ends in 2025. 

United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) vice-president Ewon Benedick said the seven of them are ready to work with the state government to achieve the state’s development agenda and to fight for its rights. 

“For me and the Sabah PH assemblymen, we do not want too much politics where it could affect the stability of the government. At the federal level, we have formed a unity government, and the same approach can be implemented in Sabah. 

“Sabah PH assemblymen welcome the support of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah in the unity government,” he said in a statement in Kota Kinabalu today. 

Earlier, Ewon, who is also Kadamaian assemblyman, led a group of Sabah PH assemblymen to pay a courtesy call on Hajiji at the Sabah assembly. The others present were Phoong Jin Zhe (DAP-Luyang), Jannie Lasimbang (DAP-Kepayan), Tan Lee Fatt (DAP-Likas), Pito Galim (PKR-Inanam), and Christina Liew (PKR-Api Api), while Poon Ming Fung (DAP-Tanjung Papat) was absent. 

Ewon also thanked Hajiji for agreeing to include PH assemblymen in District Action Committee and District Land Use Committee meetings beginning next year. 

Meanwhile, the Penampang MP hoped there would be a Sabah PH representative in the federal cabinet to deliver PH’s “Kita Boleh” offer as announced during the coalition’s general election campaign to be implemented in the state. 

“With regard to Upko, we have informed the leadership of the recommendation from Upko regarding its involvement in the federal government,” he said. – Bernama, November 25, 2022.