KOTA KINABALU, April 19 -- Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (PKDM) has mocked the pact between Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) as a desperate bid to cling on to dwindling support.

KDM vice president Dr Oswald Aisat Igau said the pact would not affect other native parties like his, which he claimed to have strong grassroots support despite being smaller.

"From what I see, they are the ones under pressure, what is the point of them signing the MoU when they are already 'sister parties', already within GRS together.

"What exactly are they trying to show? It's like they have run out of options," he said.

Igau claimed the two parties PBS and Star have realised they were increasingly being rejected...