Perikatan Nasional is open and ready to negotiate with Barisan Nasional to form a potential state government ahead of the upcoming Melaka state election.
TAIPING: Perikatan Nasional (PN) is open to and ready to hold negotiations with Barisan Nasional (BN) ahead of the Melaka state election, its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar (pic) said.
Although no discussions had taken place between the two coalitions so far, he said there was still ample room for negotiations given that the date for the dissolution of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly had yet to be determined.
“So, if BN is ready to discuss, God willing, we are also ready to discuss… ideally, it should be before the Melaka assembly is dissolved,” he told reporters after officiating the 23rd Perak PAS Convention at Hotel Perdana Taiping here today, in the presence of Perak PAS Commissioner and PAS vice-president Datuk Idris Ahmad.
Earlier in his speech, Ahmad Samsuri said that based on his analysis, cooperation between PN and BN had the potential to form the state government in the coming state election, with an estimated 75 per cent chance of victory.
“However, as I mentioned earlier, the road and path towards that goal is not a highway and there are no rest stops. It will be full of challenges that require prudence, as well as a high degree of tolerance and patience.
“But that is one of the options that could be a game changer for our position, from being the opposition now to becoming the government. How we become the government under this new form of cooperation is a story for another time,” he said.
