KOTA KINABALU, July 30 -- Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has defended his recent announcement for Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) to work with Pakatan Harapan (PH), clarifying that the decision was made following discussions with component party leaders.

However, he said a GRS Supreme Council meeting is still pending, but claimed that GRS component party presidents had already been consulted on the direction of the coalition's cooperation with PH at the federal and state levels.

"We have already discussed in GRS, all the party presidents," he said when asked to comment on speculation that he made the pact announcement without broader coalition consensus.

"Don't listen too much to political talk in Sabah," he said when speaking to re...