He said the main objective of the summit on April 22-23 was to encourage large economies that
collectively contributed 80% of greenhouse gases to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
He pointed out that many countries that stood out in the climate change agenda such as Sweden, Switzerland and Thailand were also not invited.
“The summit is a one-off event and does not affect negotiations and resolutions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
“This needs to be seen separately from the recent issue of the importation of plastic waste into Malaysia from the United States, ” he said in a statement yesterday.
KOTA KINABALU: After recently disassociating itself from the Pakatan Harapan coalition, Parti Warisan Sabah says it will be willing to work with the yet-to-be-registered Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda), headed by Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman.
Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, in a radio talk show appearance Wednesday (April 7), reiterated Warisan s stand to disassociate itself from Pakatan and said that the Opposition should look beyond the politics of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. It is no longer the time of Anwar or Dr Mahathir, he said, adding that the country should not be looking along narrow racial, religious or regional political lines but should focus on building the nation for the people.
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Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said his party will work together as part of the Opposition bloc when it needs to form the next government, but did not share who it is interested to partner with nationally in the next general election. Reuters pic
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KOTA KINABALU, April 5 Parti Warisan Sabah has disassociated itself from the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Plus coalition, its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said.
He said his party will work together as part of the Opposition bloc when it needs to form the next government, but did not share who it is interested to partner with nationally in the next general election,
IPOH: PKR has received almost 90% names of eligible candidates to contest in the 15th general election, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
The PKR secretary-general said most states and branches of the party have submitted the names to the central committee.
“However, the candidates have yet to be shortlisted, ” he said after opening the party’s Tambun division annual general meeting at a hotel here Sunday (April 4).
On whether the party had talks with the other coalition members over seat allocation, Saifuddin said negotiations have yet to take place.
He said the Pakatan Harapan coalition is intact and functioning.
“The Pakatan council meets twice a month to discuss pressing issues, including on GE15, ” he added.