Four GRS MPs ready to fight Bersatu's court bid to vacate their seats


(from left) Papar MP Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, Sipitang MP Datuk Matbali Musah, Batu Sapi MP Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (Tourism, Arts and Culture deputy minister) and Ranau MP Datuk Jonathan Yassin.

KOTA KINABALU: Four Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) lawmakers are ready to fight a legal battle against an attempt by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) to vacate their seats under the anti-hopping law.

GRS' Papar MP Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, however, said that he was confident that the Bersatu bid for a judicial review of the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's decision not to vacate their seats will be respected by the courts.

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