BN chairman Zahid says coalition will end ties with Pakatan once Parliament dissolves
Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that his coalition will end its cooperation with Pakatan Harapan once Parliament is dissolved. This move follows internal pressure and strained relations within the current Malaysian Unity Government.
Why it matters
The potential collapse of the governing coalition could lead to significant political instability and early elections in Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today made he saw no possibility of cooperation between his coalition and Pakatan Harapan (PH), amid talks that relations between the two sides have hit “an all time low”.
Speaking at the 18th annual general assembly of the Malaysian Makkal Sakti Party at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, the Umno president “promised” that BN would “part ways” the moment Parliament is dissolved, in an apparent response to calls for the coalition to stop all forms of political cooperation with PH in the Unity Government.
“The moment the current Parliament is dissolved, we will no longer be part of that government,” he said in his opening address today, The Star quoted Zahid as saying.
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