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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's unique constitutional provision to allow the appointment of six nominated state assembly seats could be used to boost women's representation in government, a non-governmental organisation said.
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Published on: Saturday, December 12, 2020 By: FMT The term of Kota Kinabalu mayor Nordin Siman ends this month. (Facebook pic) Kota Kinabalu: Women leaders have urged the Sabah Government to appoint a woman to replace Kota Kinabalu Mayor Datuk Nordin Siman, whose term ends this month. If the call is heeded, the Sabah capital will make history because all its previous mayors have been men. Nordin’s two-year term will end on Dec 31 and he is leaving it to the state administration to decide whether to extend his tenure. ADVERTISEMENT “It’s not my say,” he told FMT. But several women lead...