GBS takes shape to work with Pakatan

Interim chairman of Gabungan Bersatu Sabah (GBS) Pairin Kitingan (second from right)) shaking hands with Anifah Aman, as GBS vice chairman Hajiji Mohd Noor (third from right), Star president Jeffry Kitingan (right-most) and Masidi Manjun (left) look on.

KOTA KINABALU: Former state Barisan Nasional parties and Sabah Umno are reshaping themselves under a new Gabungan Bersatu Sabah coalition that will work with Pakatan Harapan.

The autonomous Sabah Umno, Parti Bersatu Sabah, Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah and Parti Solidariti Tanah AirKu (Sabah STAR) as well as independents will form the GBS, which will be headed in the interim by retiring PBS president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan.