My politics is different from Musa’s and voters know it, says Anifah

PCS president and former foreign minister Anifah Aman is vying for the Bongawan seat in the Sabah state polls. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS) president Anifah Aman has sought to dispel what he says is the “misleading perception” that he shares the political views of his brother, former chief minister Musa Aman.

Anifah, who is vying for the Bongawan seat, said PCS’ rivals were highlighting his kinship with Musa in their effort to sway voters away from supporting his party.

“But voters are clear about the difference between me and my brother, politically,” he claimed.

He told FMT he joined PCS and subsequently took leadership of it because of his belief that only a local party could fight for the rights of Sabahans.

He said Sabahans no longer wanted their future to be decided and influenced by others and added that his party wasn’t serving any “political master” from Peninsular Malaysia.

Anifah Aman (in blue shirt) says he doesn’t share his brother Musa’s political views.

“The reporting line of PCS stops in Kota Kinabalu and travels no further,” he said.

Musa is a member of Umno. He is not a candidate in the Sept 26 polls, but has been campaigning for Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, which is made up of Perikatan Nasional, Barisan Nasional and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS).

Anifah said Sabahans looked at Umno and Barisan Nasional as parties from the peninsula. “They claim to have autonomy, but people no longer believe there won’t be interference from Malaya” if Barisan Nasional were to return to power.

He said he would acknowledge that his brother “did a lot for the people of Sabah” when he was chief minister, but added that this did not mean their political views were the same.

Anifah Aman meets voters in Bongawan.

He described PCS as a party of “heroes” fighting to win the election so they could usher in changes and said this gave it a good chance against Perikatan Nasional and Warisan.

Noting that Warisan worked with PKR and DAP, he said: “Sabahans clearly want a local Sabah party to form the next state government.”

He described PCS’ election manifesto as “extensive” and pointed out it was contesting for all 73 seats in the polls.

He said most of the party’s candidates were professionals.

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