KOTA KINABALU, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah president Tan Sri Joseph Kurup said Monday he would leave it to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to decide on his post as a deputy minister.
This follows a Kota Kinabalu High Court decision to declare his victory in the Pensiangan parliamentary seat in the last general election null and void.
Kurup said he did not expect the verdict to favour the petitioner, Danny Anthony Andipai of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and said that he had instructed his lawyer to apply for a stay of execution of the court's decision and file for an appeal.
The rural and regional development deputy minister said if the appeal still favoured the petitioner, then the Barisan Nasional would make preparation to face a by-election.
"I'm confident that with close cooperation among the BN component parties, we will be able to defend Pensiangan," he told Bernama.
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