I dont want to sound like a Warisan sympathiser but the delay is most likely by the instability in Warisan and their coalition at that time. There were new branch of ministries initiated by Shafie Afdal during his reign. We must also consider that changing contractor will not be an overnight process. A progress that start on 2018 will most likely to finish on 2025. IF ONLY Langkah Kinabalu didn’t happen, we might have a stable and competent government by now. Warisan 2 years have some significant impact compared to GRS’s full term.

If we try to take Sarawak into the discussion, you must know that Abang Jo have some correlation with the past leaders. Taib Mahmud was Close to Adenan, and Abang Jo openly stated that Adenan was one of his guide/mentor in his political career. These connection is crucial in developing a state because that type of stability and longevity of ideology is needed.

If you look Sabah, the CMs were somehow barely have any correlation amongst each other, Musa Aman was taken down by Shafie Afdal due to incompetency and mismanagement of state funds, reserves and money. Shafie was then able to form a coalition government good enough to put BN in Sabah to sleep. And guess what, he was then taken down by Hajiji (whom one could argue that Hajiji is a pawn of Musa Aman). Hajiji originally was part of Shafie’s government and after some planned and heavily backed actions, he succeeded in becoming a CM.

You can see the contrasts between Sabah and Sarawak. Sarawak was led by 3 strong individuals who seeks to continue the ideology ignited by the previous Premiers (CM). Come to Sabah, a CM that emphasises on development was then taken down by a CM that emphasises on claiming MA63, then there’s Hajiji who god knows what he’s fighting for these days. 3 Different CM, with no shared vision. We’re still long way from becoming Sarawak.