Sabah Progressive Party have finally pulled out of the Barisan Nasional Coalition. The party’s supreme council met today and the decision was made. They will remain independent of any coalition after loosing confidence in Barisan Nasional.
In recent years there has not been much attention to the parties from both Sarawak and Sabah only during the election period even thought Sabah accounts for 25 parliamentary seats and Sarawak has 31. That’s is almost 25% of the total 222 seats in the parliament. Huge number that could decide the direction of the nation.
Sapp will stay independent for now and act as another form of a opposition in the parliament but the indications are strong that it might not be the case for too long.
On a personal note i think its long over due that Sabah and Sarawak have been ignored and treated like the adopted child of the nation. They are part of Malaysia and surely desrve much mre than they are already getting!
You can read the full press statement (more…)
