INTERVIEW | A Bersatu leader has defended party president Muhyiddin Yassin over proposals to restructure Perikatan Nasional, insisting the moves were aimed at preserving coalition consensus rather than sidelining any component party.

Bersatu supreme council member Dr Afif Bahardin said criticism from sacked leader Wan Saiful Wan Jan, whom he accused of “playing victim” to disrupt PN’s progress, had conflated separate issues and misrepresented the context of internal party actions.

“The context is different. The original proposal for...