After Cabinet snub, STAR to take on opposition role in Sabah

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Its president Jeffrey Kitingan says the party will concentrate on providing checks and balances on the state government in the assembly.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/02/after-cabinet-snub-star-to-take-on-opposition-role-in-sabah  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00Party solidarity Tana Ayurku has withdrawn its support for the Sabah government led by

00:05Haji J. Noor and will take on the role of the opposition in the State Assembly.

00:10Its president Jeffrey Kitingan said the party was not part of the new administration and

00:14would instead concentrate on providing checks and balances on the state government in the

00:19Assembly, the New Straight Times reported.

00:21However, it was later announced that Star Assemblyman Ishak Ayyub had been appointed

00:26as an assistant minister in the new Sabah government by Haji J. Noor, but Kitingan will still remain in the opposition bloc.

00:33Star left Gabungan Rakyat Sabah last month in protest of the coalition's pact with Pakatan Harapan.

00:39On Sunday, Kitingan said that his party would support Haji J, the GRS chairman,

00:44as chief minister following the state polls on Saturday.

00:47Party Bersatu Sabah Acting President Joaquin Gonsalam, representing chief minister, yesterday unveiled

00:52the state's new cabinet, which brings together elected representatives from GRS, UPCO, PH, and Barisan National.

01:00GRS came out top in the election, winning 29 of the 73 seats it contested.

01:05It has the support of six Assemblymen from BN, three from UPCO, one each from PH and Party Kesejahtran

01:11Democratic Masyarakat, and five independents, which enabled it to form the state government.

01:16Narmthar Raja, FMT.

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