00:00Ismail Sabri Yaakob's refusal to connect his case with 13 UMNO MPs
00:07has drawn back support from the coalition government
00:10to help with the party's re-election phase and avoid a split, analysts say.
00:16Taufik Yaakob, from the University of Malaya, said the former Prime Minister's
00:21inauguration undermined various perceptions of UMNO and the National Party
00:25which is in the process of recovering after a poor performance record in the PRU14 and PRU15.
00:32It is said that certain parties' doubts about the loyalty of UMNO MPs
00:37who are part of the coalition government led by Anwar Ibrahim can also be extinguished.
00:43On March 17, National Security Advisor Zamri Abdulkadir
00:48also denied the claim that 14 UMNO MPs
00:52drew support from the coalition government.
00:55Meanwhile, Arif Aizuddin Azlan, from the University of Mara Technology,
00:59argued that Ismail's open refusal was made
01:02because he did not want to be swayed by the desire to distort the image of UMNO and BN.
01:08He said the refusal was also indirectly to cover the mouths of many people
01:12who often see him as a political liability to the party.
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