GEORGE TOWN (Feb 8): Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) has yet to decide whether to spread its wings to Sabah, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

The Prime Minister and Bersatu chairman said the matter had to be discussed first by the party top leadership.

“We make decisions at meetings. We have to hold a meeting of the Supreme Leadership Council first (to decide whether to spread wings to Sabah),” he told reporters.

Dr Mahathir was asked to comment on a statement by independent Sulaman Assemblyman and former Sabah UMNO Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Hajiji Noor that Bersatu would spread its wings to Sabah soon.

Following Hajiji’s statement, Sabah Chief Minister and Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said he hoped that peninsula-based Bersatu would keep its word not to spread its wings to Sabah as per a “sibling agreement” reached during the 14th general election last year.