BN component parties have already reached a consensus that the post of the coalition chairperson will continuously be held by the Umno president.

"In its supreme council meeting held last month, it was agreed, in consensus and convention, that the Umno president is the BN chairperson," BN secretary-general Annuar Musa said via Twitter.

This came after Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Md Yunos had backed a purported call for Pekan MP Najib Abdul Razak to be reappointed as...