KOTA KINABALU, Oct. 1 -- Sabah STAR president Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan has said that his party will leave the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition if it proceeds with its electoral pact with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the coming state election.

Kitingan, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, said he would raise the matter at the GRS presidential council meeting tonight, chaired by coalition chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

"The way I look at it, when I met the CM (Hajiji) a few days ago, they had already decided. So if they have decided, the presidential meeting will be just an endorsement now," he said.

"But if at the last minute he says, 'okay, we listen to the people, we go solo', then I go along with it.

"If they don't, then I can't...