00:00UMNO may not be sufficiently enticed to work with Perikatan Nasional at the next general election
00:06if the partnership offers the party only 40 seats in the Dewan Rakyat.
00:12Although it has 25 seats presently, Mazlan Ali of University Technology Malaysia said
00:18the party would get the opportunity to vie for many more constituencies
00:22if Barisan Nasional maintains its alliance with Pakatan Harapan.
00:27He explained that the BN linchpin, much like PAS and Bersatu,
00:32was inclined to contest Malay-majority seats,
00:35casting doubt on how many constituencies the two PN components
00:39might be willing to concede in electoral negotiations.
00:44On January 20, PAS Information Chief Ahmad Fadli Shaari said
00:49UMNO could win more than 40 parliamentary seats
00:52if it pursued the proposed Grand Coalition or Ruma Bangsa Initiative,
00:57with PN.
00:59Likewise, Academy Nusantara's Asmi Hassan does not expect UMNO to be overly taken in
01:04by Ahmad Fadli's remarks, stressing that the party was not so gullible.
01:10Despite this, he said UMNO was more likely to benefit from vote transferability from PN than from PH,
01:17given PH supporters' reluctance to support BN in previous elections despite the two coalitions' alliance.
01:26Panyu Zhou, FMT.
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