Pejuang calls it quits with GTA, cites need to strengthen party

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KUALA LUMPUR – Pejuang today announced its withdrawal from the Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) coalition to focus on strengthening the party.

Its president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir said the decision was made after taking into account the views of delegates in the second general assembly of Pejuang today following the party’s poor performance in the last 15th general election (GE15).

“Actually I have informed the GTA supreme council meeting on December 6 last year that there was a sentiment among Pejuang members for the party to withdraw from GTA.

“However, I leave a little caveat that I want to wait for the official decision from the party’s general assembly that concluded today,” he told a press conference here today.

In GE15, Pejuang, established by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, failed to win any contested parliamentary seats.

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