KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 3 -- Pakatan Harapan (PH) will not take sides in the political "love triangle" involving Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and Barisan Nasional (BN), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The PH chairman and Parti Keadilan Rakyat president has said that the national coalition will instead play a balancing role between the rival blocs to maintain political stability while avoiding three-cornered contests and preventing further division among allies.

"Love can sometimes hurt," he said with a smile. "But that is the meaning of love."

He was asked how PH planned on juggling the "love triangle" of PH-BN and PH-GRS as two separate but conflicting pacts in the upcoming state elections.

Anwar said that discussions are on...