Barisan no longer dominant, says its chairman


KUALA LUMPUR: Umno must wake up to the fact that the Barisan Nasional coalition it leads is no longer dominant, says party president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

This is evident from the fact that it has twice failed to garner enough parliamentary seats to form the Federal Government in consecutive general elections in 2018 and 2022, said Ahmad Zahid, who is also Barisan chairman.

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