PERIKATAN Nasional (PN) has submitted a letter requesting for an official meeting Ismail Sabri Yaakob to discuss several issues raised by the coalition.

This was confirmed by its secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin today, who said that his meeting with the prime minister earlier was an informal one.

“I am a minister, so I always meet the prime minister and when I met him last week, it was not official.

“That was a casual meeting where we just chatted, but officially I have requested for a new date for PN representatives to meet and present to him their demands,” he said after launching a portal for complaints on bullying incidents today.

On August 13, the Ismail said he had had a meeting with PN two weeks prior, during the last week of the Dewan Rakyat sitting at the Parliament, which was attended by Hamzah and PN treasurer Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. 

Asked if the issue of the deputy prime minister post would be raised in the official meeting later, Hamzah said he would bring up all the requests made by PN. – Bernama, August 18, 2022.