PERAK Perikatan Nasional (PN) will hold discussions with Barisan Nasional (BN) about forming the state government in due course.

Perak PN deputy chairman 1 Razman Zakaria said this was because the coalition had only won 26 out of 59 state seats during the general election.

“A total of 30 seats are required for a simple majority to form the Perak state government.

PN lacks four state seats so we will work towards forming a government to administer the state and hold discussions with others for this purpose,” he said in a media conference in Ipoh yesterday.

Razman, who is also Perak PAS commissioner, said PN would not work with Pakatan Harapan.

“For now, it’s like how we’ve explained, we will not be together with PH, no Anwar, no DAP, but there is room for our friends from BN,” he said, adding that discussions at state level would require prior approval from central party leadership.

PH won 24 state seats in Perak, while BN only managed to secure nine. – Bernama, November 20, 2022.