Sabah Progressive Party (Sapp) is calling a press conference at 2pm today at its headquarters in Kota Kinabalu where it is expected to make an important announcement.
While speculations are rife that the party might decide to leave Barisan Nasional, sources close to the party have revealed that such a defection may not take place today.
“Today is just the first step. There might not be any defections yet,” said a source.
It is learnt that at the press conference, the party might once again call upon Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to do more for Sabah, especially in regards to solving the illegal immigrants' problem as well as poverty eradication.
“The party might even say that it has lost confidence on Abdullah's leadership,” said a source.
Anwar needs 30 MPs
Malaysiakini learnt yesterday that Sapp was calling for a press conference today to make a key announcement that will "lead to a drastic change of the political scenario in Malaysia".
In recent weeks Sapp has been identified as the most likely party to leave BN and join forces with Anwar Ibrahim's Pakatan Rakyat.
Sapp is led by outspoken former chief minister Yong Teck Lee, who in recent months has questioned Abdullah's policies towards Sabah and the federal government's inability to solve the illegal migrants' problems in the state.
The party has two members of Parliament and four state representatives.
Political commentators pointed out that even if the party pulled out of BN to join Pakatan, the defection of the two MPs would not be sufficient for rock Abdullah's BN.
Anwar needs 30 MPs to derail Abdullah and BN from power.
However Sabah sources claim that other BN coalition partners would follow Sapp out of BN if the party starts the exodus.
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