The frog factor in Sabah polls

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Defections have left a bitter taste in the mouths of Sabah voters, says former state assembly deputy speaker Johnson Tee. (Bernama pic)KOTA KINABALU: A recent widely shared post among Sabah’s social media users gives the following “important dates to remember”: Date of nomination: Sept 12Date of early polling: Sept 22Date of polling: Sept 26Date when the frogs begin hopping: Sept 27The anonymous post reflects a growing cynicism and frustration over the inclination of elected representatives to “tukar baju”, a local colloquialism for switching allegiance. The terms Sabahans use for those who jump from one political party to another are “katak”, which is Malay for “frog”, and “bohangkut”, the KadazanDusun word for “toad”. The two words were freely used after the general election in 2018, when five Upko assemblymen ditched Barisan Nasional, leading to the fall of the two-day-old sta…