
Sabah PKR’s poor showing in the Sabah state assembly election have been blamed on poor decisions by the party’s central leadership, which undermined campaign efforts.
Fekirie Gobet, former deputy communications chief of Sabah PKR, said the party’s problems began early with the appointment of peninsula leaders as Sabah election directors despite their own past electoral defeats, including in PKR strongholds.
PKR’s co-election directors in Sabah were deputy president Nurul Izzah Anwar and former secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
In a video posted on Facebook, Fekirie criticised the party for blaming its defeats on the “Sabah for Sabahans” sentiment, saying it was a convenient explanation that shifted attention away from the party’s internal…