Barisan wants Bung Moktar as Sabah CM


Bung Moktar (left) and Hajiji.

PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has proposed Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin as the next Sabah Chief Minister.Confirming that he had written a letter expressing so to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Zahid said he felt that the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition owed Barisan the post.

“We have given in twice – once in Perak, where Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia only has four state representatives and Umno has 25.“Yet we agreed that a Bersatu state assemblyman (Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu) be appointed as the Mentri Besar of Perak.

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