{
  "id": 17309943,
  "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-17309943",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/31/faisal-rejects-kiandee-s-call-for-sackings-over-confidence-pact"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, the Information chief of Bersatu, has dismissed a call to expel members who signed a confidence and supply arrangement with the government. He clarified that the termination of memberships of six former MPs and suspension of two others was due to violating the party constitution, not comparable to the expulsion of six MPs in 2024. These six were disciplined for backing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, while those who signed the confidence arrangement followed a decision by the Bersatu supreme council. Kiandee, a suspended Bersatu vice-president, questioned the decision, arguing that those who signed the arrangement should also face membership termination. However, Tun Faisal emphasized that the circumstances differ between the two groups, with the latter penalised for various actions, such as signing statutory declarations for the president's resignation and negotiating with other parties without party permission.",
  "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."
}