KOTA BARU: The proposal of 14 Barisan Nasional + 14 Pakatan Harapan strategy in the upcoming Melaka state election will not threaten the Unity Government, said Amanah communications director Khalid Abdul Samad.
However, he said the strategy has not yet been finalised and a decision would only be made after all component parties held discussions and negotiations.
"In this Unity Government, we will often hear such calls, which is just normal but in the end we will sit down and discuss and negotiate together if there is any need for that.
"Although we are facing the Melaka PRN separately, the seat negotiations will be done for the entire country, even though other areas have not yet to hold elections, but when we negotiate, it will involve the entire country," he said.
He was speaking to reporters after the Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (Kada) chairman’s morning assembly with staff at Kada headquarters here on Sunday (May 11).
Earlier, the media reported that various parties rejected the DAP proposal which appeared in a Chinese-language newspaper report titled "9 DAP Melaka Branches approve the resolution of a 14 BN + 14 PH strategy" in the upcoming Melaka state elections.
On Saturday (May 10), Umno secretary-general Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said that his party is maintaining the basic principle agreed upon by Barisan and Pakatan to defend the seats won respectively in the last Melaka state elections.
Melaka has 28 state seats, involving 21 controlled by Barisan, five by Pakatan and two by Perikatan Nasional.
For the record, the term of the Melaka legislative assembly is scheduled to end in November next year. – Bernama
