Sabah polls a chance to slay ‘frogs’ – Kit Siang

KOTA KINABALU: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said one of the objectives in the Sabah elections is to put an end to the political culture of ‘party-hopping’.

Labelling individuals and political parties who frequently switch allegiance as ‘frogs’, the Iskandar Puteri MP however said it remains to be seen if such a culture could be wiped out in its entirety from the country when the state election concludes later this month.

“It is indeed a massive free-forall but it accentuates what should be one of the objectives of the 2020 Sabah state general election – to slay the “frogs” whether persons or parties and bring an end in Sabah and Malaysia the disgusting political culture of “frogging” and to usher in a new era of honest and conviction politics,” he said in a statement yesterday.

Kit Siang also said it was clear that neither the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government and Barisan Nasional (BN) have an agreed candidate to be Sabah chief minister, unlike the Warisan Plus coalition who has nominated incumbent Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal.