BARISAN Nasional (BN) has yet to decide on political cooperation with any party to face six upcoming state elections.

Its deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan said BN is looking at the best strategies to adopt for the polls.

“We will prepare our machinery first. I have not been able to anticipate the strategy to face the election and whom we want to work with. Not to mention the distribution of seats, (we have) many things (to look into),” he told reporters after officiating SMK Puteri’s graduation ceremony in Seremban today.

Selangor, Penang, Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu have to hold their elections this year.

Mohamad, who is also BN election director, did not rule out the possibility that the coalition’s cooperation with other pacts at the federal level, including with Pakatan Harapan, will be reflected in the state polls.

“In this kind of situation, there are not many options and (BN) must pick the best one,” he said.

Mohamad said BN has set up a sub-committee to perform a post-mortem following its defeat in the general election.

He said the outcome of the post-mortem, including the number of votes obtained, will be used as a reference in facing state polls.

“We want to look at issues and problems before moving into our election strategy. We cannot deny what has happened because our GE15 (performance) was the worst in BN history,” he said. – Bernama, January 27, 2023.