PN to decide on disciplinary action against Bersatu after Melaka polls

Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar revealed that the coalition will decide on disciplinary action against Bersatu following complaints from component parties regarding Bersatu's conduct. Samsuri stated that the coalition would deliberate on the presented facts during its supreme council meeting, emphasizing that decisions would be based on facts rather than sentiments.

The complaints pertain to events before and after the Negeri Sembilan state election in August. However, Samsuri declined to provide further details. PN secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan had previously indicated that disciplinary action would be taken against Bersatu for alleged constitution violations, including contesting against PN in the Negeri Sembilan election.

Charges would be filed against the party, and Bersatu would be granted ample time to defend itself. Muhyiddin Yassin, the president of Bersatu, dismissed PN's plan to take disciplinary action as "strange and absurd," asserting that Bersatu had not violated any rules. He also pointed out that Bersatu had reported alleged violations by the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) within PN to the Registrar of Societies (RoS), which subsequently took action.

PN was suspended by the RoS in late September and subsequently deregistered on October 20 following a complaint from Bersatu against the coalition's leadership. The High Court stayed the deregistration two days later.