Sabah polls: PKR's Abdul Halim withdraws from Silam race due to unity with allies

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Pakatan Harapan candidate for the Silam seat, Abdul Halim Sidek Gulam Hassan, has withdrawn from the 17th Sabah state election, a move that Sabah PKR says was made responsibly and to preserve coalition unity.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/8kvwr47z  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00PKR's Abdul Halim Sidaq Gulam Hassan has withdrawn from the Sabah state election.

00:07Abdul Halim Sidaq on Monday said he made the decision on his own and added that unity in

00:13Pakatan Harapan and its partners must be prioritised over personal ambition.

00:19He said the decision was made, without any coercion from anyone, and he had taken into

00:24account various considerations before stepping aside.

00:28He said coalition cohesion is essential for political stability in the state.

00:32Sabah PKR Chief Datuk Mustafa Sakmood said it was a responsible decision by Abdul Halim

00:39Sidaq to preserve coalition unity.

00:43Pakatan fielding a candidate in SILAM would go against the coalition's seat arrangement

00:47understanding with Gabungan Rakyat Sabah and Barisan National, which are also contesting

00:53the seat.

00:54With Abdul Halim Sidaq's withdrawal, SILAM will now see an eight-corner fight featuring,

00:59among others, GRS's Mizma Apehdullah, Barisan's Sharif Musa Sharif Mabul, and Warisan's Datuk

01:08Muhammad Yusuf Abdal.

01:10The SILAM seat, which was renamed from Lahat Datu, was won by Warisan's Dumi Mazdal in the

01:16last two elections in 2018 and 2020.

01:21Muhammad Yusuf was a one-term assemblyman in the then Lahat Datu constituency from 2013

01:27until 2018.

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