Chow stresses Penang Pakatan unity, BN exco retained as coalition eyes next GE
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow announced that the Pakatan Harapan coalition will retain its Barisan Nasional executive councillor until the next general election. The decision aims to maintain administrative stability and strengthen cooperation between the coalition partners.
Why it matters
This decision reflects the ongoing political strategy of Malaysia's Unity Government to consolidate power and address electoral weaknesses ahead of future national polls.
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 8 — Penang Pakatan Harapan (PH) has decided to retain the Barisan Nasional (BN) state executive councillor in the state administration until the next general election (GE), said its chairman Chow Kon Yeow.
He said the decision was reached at the Penang PH meeting today based on the electoral pact between PH and BN formed during the 2023 state election.
“In facing the next GE, we believe there is still room to strengthen cooperation among the component parties and accelerate the reform agenda that forms the basis of PH’s struggle,” he told a press conference after chairing the Penang PH meeting at Wisma DAP here today.
The BN executive councillor is State Rural Development, Agrotechnology and Food Security Committee chairman Datuk Rashidi Zinol.
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