'Bersatu did not request to join Muafakat Nasional, we were invited'
A Bersatu supreme council member has denied the claim that its president Muhyiddin Yassin had made a request to bring the party into Muafakat Nasional (MN).
Redzuan Md Yusof (above) stressed that Bersatu was invited to join the political coalition between Umno and PAS...
A Bersatu supreme council member has denied the claim that its president Muhyiddin Yassin had made a request to bring the party into Muafakat Nasional (MN).
Redzuan Md Yusof (above) stressed that Bersatu was invited to join the political coalition between Umno and PAS.
"Muhyiddin has never made the request to join MN. We were invited to join MN," he said when contacted by Malaysiakini.
Redzuan was commenting on a statement made by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi earlier, where the latter said Muhyiddin had expressed his interest to join the coalition.
He added that the Bersatu supreme council had agreed to accept the invitation, and they have given the mandate to Muhyiddin to join the coalition.
"The supreme council has agreed to accept and give a mandate (to join) based on the invitation from MN."
Earlier today, Zahid told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur that Muhyiddin had purportedly made the request to join MN during a meeting with BN MPs on Wednesday.
“I will leave it to the MN committee to study whether Bersatu’s request further strengthens MN in the interest of the rakyat and the country,” he had said.
However, Redzuan refuted this, claiming that what Zahid said was inaccurate.
He added that the invitation for Bersatu to join MN could be to balance Muhyiddin's plan to form PN.
