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THE overture by Star president and first deputy chief minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Jeffrey Kitingan for a merger between the Sabah Tanahairku (Star) party and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) reflects one of Star’s slogan, “Unity is Duty”, a demonstration of his ultraistic motive for a larger and stronger Momogun-based political entity. ....
The polemic on the identity of the indigenous peoples of Sabah has been a point of highly emotive contention since the congress of the Unko (United National Kadazan Orgnisation) whch was followed by the creation of the United Pasok Momogun Organisation (Pasok Momogun) in the early 1960s. ....
Connected: Preparing for Sabah’s 2020 polls, which were triggered by the change in the Federal Government, underlining the ties between federal and state politics. Filepic/The Star HOW does a brother defeat his siblings? He calls on his big brother to keroyok (Sabah Malay slang for “gang up on”) their sibling. “Big brother politics” has been a part of Sabah since the state, together with Malaya, Sarawak and Singapore, formed Malaysia in 1963. Take the fight between blood brothers: Usno (United Sabah National Organisation) founder Tun Mustapha Harun and Upko (United Pasokmomogun Kadazan Organisation) president Tun Mohd Fuad Stephens. In 1964, Sabah chief minister Fuad appointed a Kadazan to the post of state secretary. However, Yang di-Pertua Negara Mustapha refused to confirm the appointment, precipitating a serious Constitutional crisis involving the powers of the chief minister and the Yang di-Pertua Negara. ....