70 Elected & 4 Appointed Sabah Assemblymen Sworn In today - Including Bung Mokhtar and PAS Rep

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70 elected, four appointed Sabah state assemblymen sworn in
BERNAMA
09/10/2020 08:27 PM


KOTA KINABALU, Oct 9 -- Seventy of the 73 elected state assemblymen in Sabah were today sworn in before State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Kadzim M. Yahya.

Four of the six nominated state assemblymen also took their oath at the ceremony held at the Sabah State Legislative Assembly building here.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, the Lamag assemblyman, was the first to take his oath, followed by the other two deputy chief ministers, Tambunan assemblyman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan and Kundasang assemblyman Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam.

Warisan president and former chief minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal also took his oath as the Senallang assemblyman.

The four appointed assemblymen sworn in are Sabah PAS secretary Dr Aliakbar Gulasan, Sabah UMNO treasurer Suhaimi Nasir, former Tenom Member of Parliament Datuk Raime Unggi and Jaffari Waliam, who was also a nominated member in the previous government.

The three elected members who did not take their oath today included Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor, the Sulaman assemblyman, who is undergoing a two-week self-quarantine after coming into close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual.

The other two members absent were Sulabayan assemblyman Datuk Jaujan Sambakong and Bugaya assemblyman Datin Manis Muka Mohd Darah.

The two nominated assemblymen who did not attend were SAPP president Datuk Yong Teck Lee and Sabah Bersatu Srikandi vice-chief Datuk Amisah Yassin.

In the 16th Sabah state election on Sept 26, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) won 38 of the 73 seats contested to form the new state government. GRS comprises Perikatan Nasional (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN) and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

Warisan Plus, made up of Warisan, UPKO, DAP, PKR and Amanah, won 32 seats while the other three went to independent candidates.

On Sept 29, Hajiji, the Sabah PN chairman, was sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Sabah before Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin at Istana Negeri.

-- BERNAMA