KOTA KINABALU, March 24 — Umno’s six-year suspension of Putatan MP Datuk Shahelmey Yahya was meant to show parties in Sabah that it could still alter the state’s fragile...
KOTA KINABALU, March 24 — Umno’s six-year suspension of Putatan MP Datuk Shahelmey Yahya was meant to show parties in Sabah that it could still alter the state’s fragile balance of power, according to political analysts.
Shahelmey’s six-year suspension was for defying the party’s stand to pull support for Hajiji last January, during an abortive power struggle for the control of the state. “Umno is a well institutionalised party with strong resources. They have to be seen as walking their talk. “Umno doesn’t want to lose the seat, but if Shahelmey was willing to jump, Hajiji would be able to further strengthen his party,” said University Malaysia Sabah’s Lee Kuok Tiung.
However, Lee said that the ripple effects of the suspension was evident during the party’s election last weekend. Lee also said that Bung, despite remaining the Sabah Umno chairman, was still in a precarious position as no representative from his faction was in the state government since the failed takeover attempt.
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