PAKATAN Harapan (PH) will take into account the views of its component party leaders before deciding to accept sacked Umno leaders. 

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also PH chairman, said this is important to preserve cooperation in the unity government. 

“This is necessary to maintain the principles, peace and unity within the unity government, (and so) we will have to give it a lot more consideration,” he told reporters after officiating at the opening of the Tambun parliamentary service centre in Ipoh today. 

On Friday, Umno veteran leaders Khairy Jamaluddin and Noh Omar were dropped by the party. 

The decision by the party’s Supreme Council also saw Sembrong MP Hishammuddin Hussein and Tebrau division chief Maulizan Bujang suspended for six years. 

Also suspended for the same period were Jempol MP Mohd Salim Sharif and former Umno information chief Shahril Sufian Hamdan. 

Anwar said none of the sacked Umno leaders have expressed their intention to join PH. – Bernama, January 29, 2023.