Jason Santos

1 week ago | thevibes.com | Jason Santos

Once the powerful Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Pandikar is now president of the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) — a party with no legislative seats, but one he insists still carries the original DNA of Sabah’s founding struggle. Despite USNO being part of the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition, Pandikar has in recent months become its most visible internal critic.

1 week ago | thevibes.com | Jason Santos

SABAH Umno has poured cold water on remarks made by PKR’s Razeef Rakimin over seat allocations ahead of the state election, warning that any deal must be struck at the highest level and not dictated by one party. Sabah Umno’s Strategic Communications Director Datu Rosman Datu Ahir Zaman said the comment by Razeef — who is both the deputy information chief of PKR’s central leadership and head of PKR Sabah’s information bureau — should be regarded as a personal view.

1 week ago | thevibes.com | Jason Santos

SABAH is looking to repeal its decades-old Native Courts Enactment 1992 and replace it with a new law aimed at modernising and strengthening the institution that governs indigenous customary laws. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the Sabah Native Courts Enactment 2025, currently being reviewed, will streamline the system and enhance its relevance.

2 weeks ago | thevibes.com | Jason Santos

WARISAN president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal has questioned the Sabah government’s portrayal of economic success, saying the statistics cited by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor do not reflect the hardships still faced by ordinary people. Shafie said the recent wave of announcements from Hajiji — first in Sook, then on GDP growth — appeared timed to shape the political narrative ahead of a possible state election.

2 weeks ago | thevibes.com | Jason Santos

PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has rejected a claim by Umno that 33 state seats have been allocated to Pakatan Harapan (PH) under an electoral arrangement with Barisan Nasional (BN), saying no such discussion or agreement has taken place. The party deputy information chief Razeef Rakimin questioned the basis of Sabah Umno’s claim, which suggested that PH had agreed to a 40-33 seat distribution for the upcoming 17th Sabah state election (PRN17).