COMMENT Sabah PKR is once again in turmoil following repeated attempts by the party headquarters to forge ‘consensus' on someone to head the local chapter.

Apparently only eight division chiefs attended a meeting chaired by PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution on Friday. Even outgoing state chief Ahmad Thamrin Jaini, a Bajau-Suluk, did not turn up.

This is the second such meeting that Saifuddin has chaired in recent days. Saifuddin could have been left nothing less than shocked and speechless by the level of animosity during the first meet.

Three Muslim chiefs, vying for the state chief's post, were going at each other hammer and tongs. The Dusuns - including the Kadazans and Muruts - and the Chinese quickly lapsed into a discreet silence when they realised the situation was hopeless...