The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) chairman said this following Barisan Nasional’s (BN) pledge to appoint deputy prime ministers from Sabah, Sarawak and the peninsula should the coalition win the 15th general election (GE15).
“We will look for someone who is really capable (for the post),” Bernama quoted him as saying.
Hajiji added that having a deputy prime minister from Sabah would be beneficial for the state’s socioeconomic development.
Yesterday, BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pledged to appoint three deputy prime ministers, one each from Sabah, Sarawak and the peninsula, should the coalition win GE15.
Separately, PH chairman Anwar Ibrahim also said the coalition would appoint two deputy prime ministers if the coalition was voted into power in the coming polls. He said there would be one deputy prime minister from Peninsular Malaysia and one from Sabah or Sarawak.
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Abang Johari Openg, however, warned that the deputy prime minister’s post for the state must not be a token gesture.
“We need a post with certain powers, otherwise it becomes a ceremonial post. This is not what we want,” the Borneo Post quoted him as saying.
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