Politics is thicker than blood in Sabah but forgive me for being parochial. At a time when a political tsunami seems to be hitting the north and middle part of the peninsular, all I could manage was a blog entry about a rather “insignificant” election result in the interior of my homestate.
But first thing first, the result: Parti Bersatu Sabah president Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan has won the Keningau parliamentary seat, beating younger brother and Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice-president Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan by a 4,264-vote majority.
Pairin polled 14,598 against Jeffrey’s 10,334. Jeffrey also lost in Bingkor state seat.
What can I say; I was down with a rather severe bout of flu that knocked me out during the best part of the night when the 12th general election results were being announced.
I woke up at 12.30am after sleeping my fever away for nearly four hours and little did I realise how the world has changed — and has remained — while I was laying there at the sofa, dreaming about things other than tonight’s election results.
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