KOTA KINABALU, July 26 — Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) will decide in October on the applications of some local parties to join the coalition, says its chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Nor.
Hajiji, who is also Sabah chief minister, said the applications were not discussed at the GRS meeting last week and would be brought up at the coalition meeting in October.
“We will decide on the applications at the October meeting,” he told reporters after presenting Sabah State Scholarships for Excellence, here, today.
Last month, Hajiji reportedly said that four local parties had stated their wish to join GRS but he did not name the parties.
The GRS currently comprises five parties, namely, Sabah Bersatu, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR), Sabah Progressive Party and United Sabah National Organisation (USNO).
Meanwhile, Hajiji said GRS had mobilised its election machinery in each parliamentary constituency in Sabah to meet with the people in facing the 15th General Election (GE15).
