KOTA KINABALU: Opposition Parti Warisan Sabah will not be pushing for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s vote of confidence in Parliament but says it is up to the government of the day to observe the royal order.

       According to Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, it would be up to Ismail Sabri's administration to validate his majority in Parliament.

       "Now it is up to the PM and his government to prove his numbers... we (Warisan) are not pushing for it," he told reporters on Tuesday (Sept 7)after visiting landslip victims of Kg Kopungit here who lost their houses on Friday (Sept 3).

       "Now let's move forward, we have had too much politicking," he said, adding the government must show transparency and focus on running the country.

       He said that Ismail Sabri had been sworn in as Prime Minister by the King who had required MPs to provide statutory declarations following the resignation of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin last month.

       He noted that the King had also asked for a new Prime Minister to get endorsement through a vote of confidence in Parliament.

       "I believe it (vote of confidence) is up to the government. The King was clear about it. I don't want to quarrel," he added.

       Shafie said that Warisan was going ahead with its move to spread its wings in peninsular Malaysia by the end of the year and would be working with the yet to be registered Muda led by Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman.

       "We will no longer delay it. We will do it this year," he said, adding that they were going to work with various groups that subscribed to Warisan's multi-racial and multi-religious concepts.

       "We have already identified several prominent people to lead protem divisions," he added.

       He said Warisan's focus would be on improving the national economy, education, health and security.

       "Our policies will not be based on race and religion but focused on nation building," he added.