SNAPSHOT | No detailed talks on BN-PN alliance, says Mukhriz; Tok Mat: Don't damage rivals' polls materials

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• Pejuang president Mukhriz Mahathir has said there were no detailed discussions on how BN and Perikatan Nasional will be working together.

  The former Kedah menteri besar told Free Malaysia Today that Pejuang intends to seek more information about the alliance at the next PN supreme council meeting as some party members had raised questions about the cooperation.

  He clarified that the members did not raise any dissatisfaction about the arrangement and had merely been providing their views.

Negeri Sembilan polls

• Negeri Sembilan BN chairperson Mohamad Hasan reminded supporters not to damage campaign materials belonging to rival parties.

  According to Berita Harian, the Rembau MP said he had received reports from the police and Election Commission regarding incidents of sabotage towards campaign materials in the state amid the ongoing polls.

  

  “I hope we all maintain our harmony and that we practise mature democracy.

  “We want to prove that BN is better than other parties,” he said at an event in Rembau last night.

• Bersih has called on all parties to halt playing on racial and religious sentiments while campaigning in elections.

  The electoral watchdog stressed that campaigning on extreme racial and religious rhetoric would be an offence under Sections 4A and 9 of the Election Offences Act 1954 for promoting hostility and for wielding undue influence, respectively.

  “Campaigns that use unhealthy rhetoric such as not recognising the position of a race in this country, creating narratives such as the Green Wave referring to a religion, and that there will be a non-Malay menteri besar must be stopped,” the Bersih steering committee said in a statement today.

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