KOTA KINABALU: Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) parties have all agreed to name Sulaman assemblyman Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor as the state's new chief minister.
The state Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chief is scheduled to be sworn-in at Istana Negeri tomorrow (Sept 29).
"We have received the people's mandate, and we will carry out our responsibilities to serve them in accordance with our manifesto," he said.
Hajiji is expected to name Sabah cabinet ministers soon and also kept mum on who he would choose as his deputy.
Discussions within GRS after winning the state election had touted Hajiji and Sabah Barisan Nasional chief Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin candidates for the next chief minister.
A decision was finally reached following a two-day discussion at Magellan Sutera Harbour after the state polls on Sept 26.
At the press conference, Bung Moktar said the agreement on who would be chief minister was made based on the realisation and confidence that the new government is capable of restoring the people's faith in leaders that care for the people.
"The new state government has a huge responsibility to shoulder, but by working together, I believe, as soon as the swearing-in ceremony is over, the people will get the attention they deserve," Bung Moktar said.
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