00:00Bersatu Chief Whip Ronald Kiandi has confirmed the contents of a letter sent to Perikatan National Chief Whip Daqiuddin Hassan,
00:08stating that a majority of Bersatu's 19 MPs support retaining Hamza Zainuddin as the opposition leader.
00:15In the letter, dated February 24, cited by FMT, Kiandi said 13 Bersatu MPs reached a collective and majority decision
00:23to endorse the layered MP to continue holding the post, in line with the parliamentary standing orders.
00:30The letter said Bersatu's MPs would continue focusing on championing public concerns,
00:35raising national issues, and acting responsibly as a check and balance,
00:40particularly as the current parliamentary meeting nears its end.
00:44The 13 MPs are Kiandi, Mas Ermiyati Samsuddin, Iqmal Hisham Abdul Aziz, Rosal Wahid,
00:51Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail, Muslimin Yahaya, Abdul Khalib Abdullah, Kairil Noor,
00:56Zakari Hassan, Roslan Hashim, Nordin Ahmad Ismail, Kalam Salan, and Islahuddin Abbas.
01:03Hamza was sacked from Bersatu on February 13 at the height of a leadership feud with party president Muhyiddin Yassin.
01:10Previously, Takiyuddin, who is also the PAS secretary general, said PN component parties had agreed that PAS would assume the
01:17opposition leader's role,
01:18although he added that the party needed time to identify its candidate.
01:23Naramita Raja, FMT.
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