Sabah MP crossover for real — via defunct party

malaysiainsider - It is almost fait accompli. A clutch of Sabah MPs will leave the Barisan Nasional, resurrect a defunct Sabah political party and then join Pakatan Rakyat.

When Kalabakan MP Datuk Ghapur Salleh sketched a similar scenario in Parliament this week, he was merely referring to a plan being cobbled together after a series of meetings between several Sabah MPs and representatives of the Opposition, including a recent meeting in Hong Kong with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The plan calls for BN MPs from Sabah to ratchet up the pressure on the Abdullah administration over lack of representation in the Cabinet, growing interference by the federal government in the running of the state and the problematic illegal immigrant situation.
The main pressure point will be the demand for oil royalties for Sabah to be increased from 5 per cent to 20 per cent — a demand the Sabah MPs know Abdullah will have difficulty fulfilling anytime soon. >> selanjutnya