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• BN’s decision to go solo in the next Johor polls will not affect federal cooperation between the coalition and Pakatan Harapan, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said.

  Speaking at a press conference during the Harapan convention, the PKR information chief said that Harapan is prepared for any eventuality.

  “We shall wait and hear from Harapan’s main leadership later this evening,” he said at the Johor Persada International Convention Centre this afternoon.

  Reporting by Zarrah Morden & Firdaus Hanafiah

• Umno vice-president Khaled Nordin said BN had decided to go solo in Johor because it had a majority in the state.

  

  New Straits Times cited the defence minister as saying BN did not need to discuss this with the federal coalition government leadership, as it anticipated its proposal would be rejected.

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