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Sabah polls kick off, ’lovers’ quarrel
AGC appeals against ruling on ‘lost years’
KL mayor ‘reassigned’
Sabah polls kick off, ‘lovers’ quarrel
The Sabah polls are officially underway, and as usual, it’s a very crowded contest.
In Tulid - a seat about three hours south of Kota Kinabalu - there are 14 contenders.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the scale of multi-cornered fights in Sabah indicates there are problems in the state.
However, Anwar’s coalition Pakatan Harapan is also butting heads with allies BN and GRS.
All three in the “love triangle” are clashing in three seats, while Harapan is also clashing with BN and GRS separately in two other seats.
Harapan’s entry in two of those seats - Bandau and Moyog - turned the contests into 13-cornered fights.
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AGC appeals against ruling on ‘lost years’
The Attorney-General’s Chambers has filed an appeal on parts of a High Court ruling regarding Sabah’s right to 40 percent of federal revenue collected in the state.
As Anwar assured Sabahans, it is not an appeal of the 40 percent formula.
However, it is appealing parts of the ruling that found the government had not fulfilled its constitutional duty to pay the full revenue share from 1974 onwards - the so-called lost years.
The ruling would have held the government liable for billions not paid to the state during that period.
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KL mayor ‘reassigned’
Just over 14 months into the job, Maimunah Sharif has been reassigned as Kuala Lumpur mayor.
A source claimed that Maimunah was reassigned because she had completed her tasks early, and that this was not bad news.
However, officially, the reason she is being moved out is to allow her to take up a job with Petronas as a property advisor - potentially overseeing the development of a new landmark in the capital.
Chief Secretary to the Government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar said that under Maimunah’s helm, DBKL recorded a surplus of RM27.6 million in 2024, overturning two years of losses.
Still, questions linger over her sudden removal, which also sparked new calls for local council elections instead of having the capital’s mayor being a federally appointed post.
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