KOTA KINABALU, Oct 26 — Sabah DAP incumbents will defend three parliamentary constituencies and contest an additional four more seats under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) logo, confirmed DAP policy bureau chief Chan Foong Hin.
With five seats to be contested by Upko, this leaves the remaining majority of 25 Sabah parliamentary seats to PKR and one or two for Amanah to contest.
Sabah DAP election director Ginger Phoong said that the party will field new candidates who are under 40 in four seats in urban and semi-urban areas.
Chan is the incumbent for Kota Kinabalu and Vivien Wong is the incumbent Sandakan MP, while Noorita Sual will defend the Tenom seat.
“The DAP candidate line-up will be the youngest among all political parties in Sabah. I believe it will be very interesting and quite challenging,” said Phoong.
“Our new candidates have served in the party for three or four years, with solid grassroots, male and female, and Sino-Kadazan.”
The full list of candidates will be announced on October 31 in Tuaran where the coalition will hold a gathering with its top four national leaders, including PH chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke and Amanah president Mohamed Sabu.
