CONFLICTING views about Barisan Nasional (BN) among Perikatan Nasional (PN) leaders show that the party’s leadership is no longer on the same page, Umno secretary-general Ahmad Maslan said.  

He pointed out that while PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin had called BN the coalition’s main enemy, its secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan had described Umno as a cooperative partner.  

“The top leaders from the parties do not seem to be on the same page, and we shall wait and follow political developments in the next few days,” the Pontian MP said after the district level Walimatulurus Perdana Programme today. 

Takiyuddin recently said that PAS would continue to consider Umno and all parties under the umbrella of ummah unity as ta’awun (cooperation) partners, and would maintain its stand of not cooperating with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the upcoming general election (GE15). 

However, Muhyiddin said yesterday that PN component parties must reach a consensus on the fact that Umno was the coalition’s main enemy.  

On claims that there were efforts to revive Muafakat Nasional (MN), Ahmad said it was up to the Umbo Supreme Council to decide the matter.  

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and his Umno counterpart Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi were reported to have met recently to discuss matters pertaining to MN with the aim of preventing both parties from contesting against each other in GE15. – Bernama, September 25, 2022.