Sabah minister to step down soon<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysia's Sabah state chief minister
\nSakaran Dandai says he will relinquish his post soon, the
\nnational news agency Bernama reported yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has agreed... it has been
\nplanned and not something which was raised today,\" the agency
\nquoted Sakaran as saying in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n
Analysts said Mahathir is fulfilling a pledge to rotate the
\nchief minister's post among the north Borneo state's main
\ncommunities made during the state election campaign.<\/p>\n
Sakaran was reported as saying the choice of his successor was
\nup to the party, after talks with Mahathir during a meeting on
\nSaturday after the United Malays National Organization (UMNO)
\ngeneral assembly ended for the day.<\/p>\n
Mahathir's ruling National Front coalition, where UMNO is the
\ndominant party, took power in Sabah despite losing in the state
\nelections in March, when key legislators quit the Sabah Unity
\nParty shortly after it won the polls.<\/p>",
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