KOTA KINABALU, Nov. 25 -- Calls from Kadazan, Dusun and Murut (KDM) based parties for unity is meaningless political rhetoric if parties insist on contesting elections independently, Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) information chief Datuk Joniston Bangkuai said.

He said that the various parties were already part of the localised alliance Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) in an effort to prioritise real coalition-building over solo ambitions.

"Talking about KDM unity is pointless if every party wants to go solo. All these individual parties are contesting on their own. So where are we going with this?" he asked.

He pointed out that in the Kiulu constituency where he is the incumbent, there were eight candidates including those from the other KDM ba...