Umno Will Not Abandon Bn Component Partners Zahid

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Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stressed today that the party will not abandon its component partners in BN - MCA, MIC and Friends of BN - no matter the situation.
The BN chairperson also urged component parties not to be hasty or threaten to leave the coalition in light of current political challenges.
“I tell my (component) partners, it’s tough, MIC has one seat, MCA has two, and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) has one seat in Sabah. We (Umno) also have it tough, only 26 seats, used to be 64 and before that, over a hundred.
“In times of trouble, Umno will not abandon MCA, MIC, PBRS or Friends of BN. This is our way, don’t threaten to leave during hard times,” he said during his speech officiating the Selayang Umno division delegates’ meeting in Sungai Buloh yesterday.
He also denied allegations that BN component parties like MCA were sidelined in seat allocations, including Malay-majority seats, during a media conference after the meeting, pointing out that MCA and MIC were entrusted with contesting in traditional Malay seats.
ADS“Which Malay-majority seat do we not give to MCA? Tanjung Piai isn’t a Malay seat? Or Ayer Hitam isn’t a Malay seat? All Malay seats that we give to MCA mean we respect them.
“MCA is a loyal BN component partner from a long time back, that’s what we will preserve. The same with seats to MIC, all Malay seats we give are entrusted to them to contest,” he said.
Previous media reports had stated that former MCA vice-president Ti Lian Ker was urging the party not to be sidelined during the 16th general election and needed to be given suitable seats to prove their relevance, including Malay-majority seats.
- Bernama

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