Bersatu won’t join Muafakat Nasional, says Muhyiddin

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PETALING JAYA: Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said the party will not join Muafakat Nasional (MN), the alliance established by Umno and PAS.

Bersatu agreed to join MN in August 2020, but their membership was not formalised following a worsening spat between Bersatu and Umno.

“I’ve already forgotten about MN. There’s no need to bring it up anymore,” he said in a statement.

“After all, Umno also decided during its general assembly (last year) not to work with Bersatu. So what is there to bring up?”

He added that Bersatu had already decided not to join MN.

“There are benefits to Bersatu not working with Umno. Bersatu won’t get caught up in the moral issues that plague Umno leaders.”

Muhyiddin was previously reported as saying that he believed the party’s participation in MN was part of a “grander coalition” that was needed to help the country “move forward”.

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Stop lying about Sabah CM candidacy issue, Najib tells Muhyiddin

PETALING JAYA: Najib Razak wasted no time in responding to a statement from Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin earlier this evening, refuting a number of claims made by the latter.

Taking to Facebook, the Pekan MP rebuked his former number two for lying that he waited until the end of the Sabah state elections campaign period before naming Bersatu’s Hajiji Noor as the candidate for chief minister.

In his statement, Muhyiddin claimed that he spoke to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to name a candidate from Umno.

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