Even with the viral audio clip of a conversation featuring voices which is said to sound like UMNO’s president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, political alliance remains unscathed between UMNO and PAS and even with the other parties involved in the PN government. In response to the questions asked by the reporters whether …

Seat talks with UMNO for the GE15 was put on hold but ongoing with BERSATU, according to PAS. PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said that discussion about the seat allocation will go on with UMNO if the party will be heading towards uniting efforts with BERSATU in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition to confront GE15. After having an …

BERSATU’s future is perceived by previous UMNO supreme council official Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz to be mostly dependent on PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s political fortune. The Padang Rengas Member of Parliament said that because of that, BERSATU chose to continue working with PAS through the National Alliance (PN) because the Islamic party has grassroots strength as reported by Sinar …

A member of the UMNO Supreme council says that for the time being, talk about Muslim unity is irrelevant until the next general election (GE15) is concluded. Abdul Rahman Dahlan pointed out that that this does not mean to say that UMNO is setting aside the matter but to focus on the other issues that needed to be prioritized at …

Political experts say that even if PAS recently announced its partnership with BERSATU, there is still a possibility that the Islamist party will partner with UMNO going into the next GE. Professor Azmi Hassan, a geostrategist at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia said the joint statement made by PAS and BERSATU was the same as always.  He said that the statement is just …

KUALA LUMPUR: Hasni Mohammad, the head of Umno in Johor, recently told PAS that if it ran under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) banner, it would lose all of the seats it planned to contest in the state. Hasni, who is also the Johor menteri besar, said PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and his deputy, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, paid him …

KUCHING: Those calling for Putrajaya to appeal the “Allah” ruling, according to a Sarawak deputy chief minister, are being “ridiculous” because Malaysia is a multi-religious country. According to James Masing, the High Court’s decision that Christians should use “Allah” in their religious education demonstrates Malaysia’s religious freedom. “I believe the judge had considered all aspects of religious and cultural sensitivity …

PETALING JAYA: Two Umno leaders have denied arguments that the party is not strong enough to stand on its own should it go to the opposite side of Perikatan Nasional in the next general election. In the 2018 general election campaign, former Supreme Council member Nazri Aziz and Sabah Umno leader Bung Moktar Radin both believed that Umno had weathered …

KUALA LUMPUR – Senior Minister for Economy Azmin Ali said today that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition welcomed the “spirit of solidarity” among its parties and should set aside differences to fight the Covid-19 third wave and restore the ailing economy. On behalf of the coalition, Azmin also thanked the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his confidence to Prime Minister Tan …

KUALA LUMPUR – As a show of support and solidarity to the current government Perikatan Nasional amid the Covid-19 pandemic and economic woes, UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid calls for a “political ceasefire” amid the political struggles amongs parties. In a statement released today, Zahid said that all party leaders who holds a cabinet position have been instructed …