Shafie undecided about defending Semporna seat in GE15

Shafie undecided about defending Semporna seat in GE15

There has been talk the Warisan president might contest the Lahad Datu seat against incumbent Mohamaddin Ketapi who quit the party last year.

Shafie Apdal has held the Semporna parliamentary seat since the 1995 general election.
KOTA KINABALU:
Warisan president Shafie Apdal is in two minds over which seat to contest in the 15th general election (GE15).

He said there are several considerations to be made before deciding to defend the Semporna parliamentary seat he has held since 1995 when he was with Umno and since 2018 with Warisan.

“I’m not sure yet (about defending Semporna), I haven’t made any decision. We will see when the time comes,” he said when met by reporters after launching the Putatan Warisan GE15 machinery here last night.

In GE14, Shafie defended the Semporna parliamentary seat with a majority of 20,674 votes.

However, of late, there has been talk that he would contest the Lahad Datu parliamentary seat in GE15 against incumbent Mohamaddin Ketapi, who quit Warisan in October 2021.

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