PN ‘motivated’ by showing in Melaka polls, says Hamzah

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KUALA LUMPUR: The result of last week’s Melaka elections has given Perikatan Nasional (PN) “more motivation” after the coalition’s secretary-general, Hamzah Zainudin, noted the strong support it received from civil servants.

Barisan Nasional (BN) has formed the new state government after sweeping 21 of the 28 seats up for grabs and securing a two-thirds majority on Saturday, with Pakatan Harapan (PH) claiming five seats and PN just two.

However, Hamzah, who is also the home minister, said PN’s initial post-mortem with its component parties has given them some reason to celebrate.

“We found that there has been an increase in terms of support for PN, and that gives us more motivation,” he said today.

“There has been an increase in support from civil servants. This is because when I saw the early voting results, most of them were from civil servants.

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