KOTA KINABALU, May 3 -- Gagasan junior divisional leaders at Kiulu and Bingkor who literally challenged United Sabah National Organisation (Usno), a Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) member party, to leave GRS if Usno felt belittled, should remember the reality and history of Sabah politics, said Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee.

Yong said the reality is that Gagasan Rakyat is not as strong as Umno before Umno's downfall in 2018.

"Similarly, the GRS coalition is not as strong as the BN coalition in 2018. Let's be honest with ourselves. As the old saying goes, honesty is the best policy.

"Yet, some Gagasan Rakyat junior leaders behave and talk as though they are as big and powerful as Umno at its (Umno's) peak when...