{
  "id": 17309710,
  "title": "Faisal rejects Kiandee’s call for sackings over confidence pact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/faisal-rejects-kiandees-call-for-sackings-over-confidence-pact",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/31/faisal-rejects-kiandee-s-call-for-sackings-over-confidence-pact"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PETALING JAYA: Bersatu has rejected a call to expel those who signed a confidence and supply arrangement with the government coalition. Information chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz clarified that the decision to terminate memberships of the six former MPs and suspend two others was due to their violation of the party constitution. This action contrasts with the 2024 case where six MPs were sacked for backing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Kiandee, a suspended Bersatu vice-president, questioned the decision, arguing that the six former MPs should face automatic termination as they too signed the agreement. However, Tun Faisal stated that the six current MPs followed a decision by the Bersatu supreme council, differentiating their situation from the previous six who were disciplined by Bersatu's disciplinary board.",
  "summary": "Those expelled in 2024 had disobeyed the party, while those who signed a confidence arrangement with the government did so on party instructions, says Tun Faisal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}