KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said PKR may give up some of its usual contested seats in Sabah to Sabah-based opposition parties in the coming 13th general election.
The PKR de facto leader said this was to ensure straight fights in all Sabah seats and enable the opposition to weaken the Barisan Nasional's claim of the State being a "fixed deposit".
PKR and Sabah's key opposition party SAPP (Sabah Progressive Party), led by former Chief Minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee, went on a collision course during the Batu Sapi by-election 2010, turning the fight into a three-way contest against BN.
This resulted in the opposition vote being split and enabling BN's PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah) political novice Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin to win.
However, the peninsula-based PKR does not want to repeat the mistake.
“We (PKR) agree to surrender some of the seats we contested in the previous polls to make way for Sabah's opposition parties, especially SAPP.
“We are also in negotiation with several local political leaders for the same purpose of ensuring one-to-one fights," Anwar said after an economic forum in Tanjung Aru.