In the November 1999 federal election, PBS only managed 3 parliamentary seats, a far cry from the 8 seats that it won in 1995 and 14 in 1990. The 3 seats were in Bandau (Dr Max), Tanjong Aru (Dr Yee Moh Chai) and Tan Sri Pairin (Keningau). The trio was seen as the Flagship Carrier of PBS.
ON Sept 28, KDCA Secretary-General Suman Yasambun dropped a ‘bombshell’ when he suggested that Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan be considered as a candidate for the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah when the term of the present TYT, Tun Juhar expires, expected soon
The State laws do not provide for the Governor or Yang di-Pertua Negeri to be from any particular faith but only needs to be a Sabahan, and without any active business or profit interests
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 6 Following a proposal to appoint former chief minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan as the next Sabah’s head of state, lawyers here agreed that there is.
Following a proposal to appoint former chief minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan as the next Sabah’s head of state, lawyers here agreed that there is nothing in the state Constitution preventing a non-Muslim from holding the position although there may be “obstacles” in the way