PN slams door on Pejuang

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PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional has turned down Pejuang’s application to join the coalition.

The decision was made by PN’s Supreme Council, the coalition’s secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said in a statement.

Pejuang applied to join PN as a component party earlier this month, with its president Mukhriz Mahathir saying it was “insufficient” for the party to form electoral pacts with other parties or coalitions to avoid seat clashes.

Mukhriz also said joining PN would prevent a split in Malay votes in the state elections.

Separately, PN’s Supreme Council also decided that component parties would contest under the PN logo for the state elections in Kedah, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang.

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