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KLUANG – Umno's proposals on resolving the rift between DAP and Barisan Nasional (BN) should also apply to the party itself.
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke said any discussion on the coalition agreement must involve Pakatan Harapan (PH) and BN, as the agreement was sealed between the two coalitions.
"The first thing I want to stress is that the coalition agreement is between coalitions. So if there is any discussion and so on, it is between PH and BN.
"BN, as I have said, has expressed a lot of dissatisfaction through the media. Many BN leaders, Umno leaders themselves, have criticised, including criticising Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim," he told a press conference after the DAP Johor Annual Convention.
On Friday, Umno put forward four options to address the rift in its relations with DAP, following differing stands on the conditional pardon for former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Umno information chief Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the four options were dissolving the Dewan Rakyat, seeking a mediator through a consultative council, allowing the existing arrangement to continue, or reviewing Paragraph C of the Coalition Agreement.
Loke also urged Azalina, who is Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), to bring the four proposals to the BN leadership for discussion.
"What she is proposing to us should also be proposed to her own party. She should also bring it to the negotiating table between BN and PH.
"So, if Datuk Seri Azalina is giving those proposals, I think they apply to her own party," he said.
On Dec 16, 2022, five major coalitions made history when they signed a memorandum of understanding to form a coalition government known as the Malaysian Unity Government.
According to the document, it was signed by senior leaders from Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional, Gabungan Parti Sarawak, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah and Parti Warisan.
Meanwhile, two other political parties, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM), along with other Independent candidates, will join in forming the Malaysian Unity Government.