KOTA KINABALU: Parti Amanah Negara has become the first party to reveal the state seats it is eyeing in the upcoming 17th Sabah Election (PRN17).
The party's national election director, Mohd Sani Hamzan, expressed the party’s intention to contest the Tanjung Aru, Karambunai, Lumadan, and Sulabayan seats, which fall under the parliamentary constituencies of Putatan, Sepanggar, Sipitang, and Semporna, respectively.
“Of course, these are the seats we are targeting, but the final decision will depend on negotiations with the Pakatan Harapan leadership and our coalition partners.
“Nevertheless, these four are the seats we hope to contest in PRN17,” he said at a press conference after launching the Sabah Amanah election operations machinery on Saturday (May 17).
Also present was Sabah Amanah chairman Lahirul Latigu.
Lahirul said discussions with Pakatan component parties regarding Amanah’s seat requests have so far reached between 70% and 80% completion.
“We have held talks with Pakatan, and negotiations will continue after the upcoming PKR party elections.
“Following that, we will begin discussions with Barisan Nasional (BN), in line with the recently announced Barisan-Pakatan cooperation under the unity government,” he said.
Lahirul also noted that Amanah’s membership in Sabah has been growing.
“We now have 18 divisions across Sabah, and I expect this number will continue to increase over the coming years,” he said.
He added that Sabah Amanah will contest in PRN17 under the full strength of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, which currently governs at the federal level.
Amanah currently holds no seats in the Sabah state assembly, after failing to win any during its first attempt under the Warisan Plus alliance in the 16th state election in September 2020.
