Bersatu perlu baiki hubungan dengan komponen PN, kata ketua Perlis

Ketua Bersatu Perlis, Abu Bakar Hamzah, has urged the party leadership to mend relations with component parties of Perikatan Nasional (PN) in order to stay relevant. During his departure from the Majlis Tertinggi Bersatu in the previous month, he emphasized that the party needs to accept the reality of staying in an arrangement like PN to stay relevant.

Looking towards Bersatu's future, the party must reassess certain actions, including addressing issues such as member expulsion and relations with PN component parties. It is clear that a solo move would be impossible for Bersatu to win, and they must sit within a coalition, according to Utusan Malaysia. The Perlis Menteri Besar is reportedly in the same vein as former Bersatu deputy president, Hamzah Zainudin, who established the new party Wawasan and became a PN component in the past month.

Hamzah was expelled from Bersatu in February when the leadership crisis reached its peak with his then-President, Muhyiddin Yassin. PAS seized PN presidency in February before deciding to end political cooperation with Bersatu in June. Both parties remain PN components, alongside Wawasan, Gerakan, Parti Rakyat India Malaysia, and Pejuang, which also joined the alliance last month.

PAS led PN in engaging with Barisan Nasional, particularly in PRN Negeri Sembilan where PN and BN contested through a pact and won two-thirds majority. Bersatu contested alone in 24 seats and suffered a massive defeat with all their candidates except one losing their deposits. Muhyiddin previously accused PAS of making PN a toxic alliance and Bersatu would form a new political coalition after PRN Negeri Sembilan.