NEGRI Sembilan Umno’s request to be given additional state seats in the upcoming state polls will be discussed by Pakatan Harapan (PH) at the state level. 

State PH chairman and Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun said the final decision will be made by the PH presidential council and the meeting is expected to be held in a month’s time. 

“We had a meeting (with Umno) and alhamdulillah everything went well, there was reasonable understanding. 

“It’s normal that in a discussion there will be requests made. I will bring up the matter for the consideration of my colleagues in PH,” he told reporters today. 

State Umno Liaison Committee chairman Jalaluddin Alias two days ago reportedly said the party had held preliminary talks with the state PH to seek an understanding and to request for two additional seats in the state elections. 

Aminuddin said cooperation between PH and Barisan Nasional (BN) in the state was getting stronger especially after the Santunan Kasih Ramadan programme at the Jelebu parliamentary constituency service centre yesterday. 

“It showed that we are beginning to forge cooperation and I am confident our relationship will be strengthened further through the election machinery and at the grassroots level of both parties,” he added. 

In the 2018 general election, BN won 16 state seats while PH won 20. – Bernama, April 7, 2023.