KOTA KINABALU, Oct. 8 -- Parti Warisan (Warisan) is unlikely to form alliances with any political party ahead of the 17th Sabah State Election, as the party sets its sights firmly on securing a two-thirds majority from the 73 seats it plans to contest.

Warisan president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal acknowledged concerns raised by several quarters about the difficulty of securing a simple majority in the upcoming polls.

However, he remained confident, stressing that Sabah's political history has shown that single-party governance is not only possible but has worked in the past.

"In Sabah, we've seen this before. Under Harris, Berjaya governed for nearly a decade without any coalition. That period, in my experience, was one of the most progre...