Former Bersatu supreme council member Rais Hussin has quit the party.

The Emir Research president said that he submitted his resignation from the party he co-founded in 2015, yesterday.

"I have been an inactive party member since 2020 after a heart procedure and focused much on developing and nurturing Emir Research as an independent think tank.

"Although I am not a Bersatu member, I will still actively pursue my struggle for a better Malaysia for the many based on the five core principles - reforms, justice, inclusiveness, progressive and wasatiyyah (justly balanced approach)," he said in a statement.

Rais said he will continue to speak truth to power without fear or favour based on data, science and economics.

"That is indeed my DNA, sometimes to my costs, but in the greater interest of rebuilding this nation for the many, not for the few."

The former Malaysia Digital Economy Corp chairperson was appointed to the Bersatu supreme council in 2016 but stayed out of the party election in 2020.

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