Thursday May 9, 2013
GE13: Barisan to face more reps sitting on the other side in Sabah state assembly
By MUGUNTAN VANAR
vmugu@thestar.com.my
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah state assembly is set to see a larger opposition after 12 years of a near-empty opposition bench.
The resurgent opposition which won 12 state seats seven PKR, four DAP and one STAR is the largest since Parti Bersatu Sabah returned to the Barisan Nasional fold in 2002.
The Barisan has 48 seats in the 60-member house.
In 2004, there was only an independent who was Barisan friendly on the opposition bench.
The 11 elected Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen will pick a state opposition leader, who will most likely come from Sabah PKR, according the Pakatan sources.
They said Pakatan assemblymen was expected to discuss the matter within the next week.
Klias assemblyman Datuk Lajim Ukin and Tamparuli assemblyman Datuk Wilfred Bumburing are among the favourites to be the opposition leader.
In the last state assembly, there was only one elected opposition member, Jimmy Wong (DAP-Sri Tanjung), but was joined six months after the March 2008 election by two members from SAPP, which left Barisan to sit in the opposition bench.
SAPP did not win any seat this time.
Wong contested and won the Kota Kinabalu parliamentary seat in the general election.
Sabah DAP publicity chief Chan Foong Yin said he expected PKR to lead the opposition since it had the most number of seats.
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