PN admits Hamzah and Mukhriz's parties, status quo for Bersatu

Bersatu’s position within Perikatan Nasional remains secure for now, with the coalition’s supreme council meeting last night making no mention of the matter.

“We didn’t discuss it,” PN chairperson Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar told a press conference at the PAS headquarters in Kuala Lumpur when asked about Bersatu’s standing in the coalition.

Earlier, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin and several party leaders were seen attending the meeting.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Muhyiddin echoed Samsuri’s remarks.

“Bersatu will remain and endure forever. We didn’t discuss it (Bersatu’s position). We discussed the membership issue (of new parties),” he said briefly.

PAS formally ended its political cooperation with Bersatu on June 8.

In response, Bersatu vowed to mount a full-scale challenge against PAS in the upcoming Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections, while maintaining that it would continue to contest under the PN banner.

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Meanwhile, Samsuri announced that the meeting had approved the applications of Parti Cinta Malaysia and Pejuang to join PN as component parties.

“The meeting agreed to approve the applications of two parties to become new PN member parties,” he said.

Parti Cinta Malaysia, originally founded under that name, was later rebranded as Parti Wawasan Negara after former Bersatu deputy president Hamzah Zainudin took over the party.

Pejuang was established by former Bersatu founder Mahathir Mohamad after his expulsion from Bersatu and is now led by his son, Mukhriz.

The admission of the two parties brings PN’s total number of component parties to six, alongside PAS, Bersatu, Gerakan and MIPP.

Seat allocations

On another matter, Samsuri said PN would discuss seat allocations for the upcoming Johor state election today through its seat-negotiation committee headed by PN election director Sanusi Nor.

The PAS vice-president said a committee comprising two representatives from each component party would deliberate on the distribution of seats.

“We agreed to finalise (the allocations) through the seat-negotiation committee as soon as possible.

“There will be a meeting tomorrow, God willing, and the matter will be resolved quickly,” he said, adding that representatives from Pejuang and Wawasan Negara would not be involved in the discussions.

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