BARISAN Nasional (BN) chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the coalition would continue to defend the unity government. 

The deputy prime minister said he hoped the cooperation between BN and Pakatan Harapan could be strengthened at the grassroots level. 

“It is to catalyse the spirit of unity, while administering the country by providing the best service for all Malaysians,” he said in a Facebook post today. 

Zahid, who attended the 2023 DAP congress in Putrajaya with BN secretary-general Zambry Abdul Kadir, Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, and Umno Supreme Council member Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said he was confident the party could maintain unity in the country. 

“I saw DAP’s determination to maintain the country’s unity from two speeches, delivered by Anthony Loke (DAP secretary-general) and Lim Guan Eng (DAP national chairman). 

“It was also translated by the delegates I met in this assembly hall, who wanted political stability to catalyse more success for Malaysia,” he said. – Bernama, September 10, 2023.