Hishammuddin denies meeting PN leaders to discuss forming govt

• UPDATED 11.00PM | Added Hishammuddin’s response.

GE15 | BN treasurer-general Hishammuddin Hussein has denied meeting PAS or Bersatu leaders on the prospect of cooperating after the 15th general election (GE15).

He said this after Pakatan Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim reportedly made the allegation.

“I have never met with leaders from PAS or Bersatu to discuss post-GE15 cooperation. (This is) yet another slanderous lie without proof,” he said on Twitter.

Earlier today, Berita Harian reported Anwar as claiming that BN leaders, including Hishammuddin (above), had met Perikatan Nasional leaders to discuss cooperating to form a new government after the election.

This, according to Anwar (above), is because the leaders realise that their respective coalitions are lagging behind in the GE15 race as polling day approaches.

“I know that they have met. PAS and Bersatu leaders met with Hishammuddin and (BN deputy chairperson) Tok Mat (Mohamad Hasan).

“They have started negotiating because they know they are lagging behind. So, why not say it out loud?” Berita Harian quoted the PKR president as saying during his meeting with voters in Sekinchan, Selangor, earlier today.

“So, all those for remarks of (PN) rejecting Umno, Umno rejecting PAS and Bersatu, are all for show,” he added.

‘Taken out of context’

Anwar’s remark came following the statement by PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan last night that PN may work with BN to form the government after GE15, following predictions that no coalition will gain a simple majority to form the government.

PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin later shot down Takiyuddin’s claim, stressing that PN is going into GE15 aiming to form a government on its own without having to collaborate with either BN or Harapan.

Muhyiddin further noted that he has never given Takiyuddin the mandate to negotiate with BN toward forming a government post-GE15.

Following Muhyiddin’s rebuttal, Takiyuddin claimed that his original statement had been “taken out of context” and was given a title that confuses voters.

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