Rumbling from the Sabah state election

Sabah effect: The Sabah state election might be over but its repercussions are ongoing and are reaching out to the peninsula. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

WHEN it was clear that Warisan Plus had lost the Sabah state election, the phones of leaders from the victorious Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) started to the ring with overtures. Leaders from the losing alliance were calling politicians from the other side of the political divide to entice them to jump.

Warisan Plus wanted to repeat the way it formed the Sabah government in May 2018.