I chuckled upon hearing a declaration made by an up and coming local politician in Sabah recently that to that date, in Sabah alone, his party has had the largest membership.
I was amused. I think it would be worthwhile if a thorough investigation is made to verify the facts that several hundred of these so-called members could have also, at the same time, been legitimate members of other political parties in Sabah.
I remember a time when I was fully active in politics, I had personal knowledge of several close associates of mine who were active members of a political party but without them knowing, I came to know that at some other times, they would also claim to be members of another party and attended its annual general meetings. There was no evidence of them having left the former party to subscribe to the ideology of the latter.
If this is the case then it may not be wrong to say that having a multiple party membership is the game they are playing on the ground so much so that they would be able to enjoy the best of both worlds and as such, I say, no political party could legitimately claim to have the most number of membership in Sabah especially so amongst the KDM people.
Cheers!