00:02Perikatan National Chairman Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar has responded to remarks
00:08by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, saying that the Bersatu President is also not the coalition's
00:14prime ministerial candidate. Samsuri, who recently took over as chairman of the coalition,
00:20said the question of who will be named as its prime ministerial candidate remains uncertain.
00:25In a Facebook post on Thursday, he said the coalition's current priority is to strengthen
00:31perikatan and reinforce unity across the country ahead of the next general election. Samsuri added
00:37that whoever the candidate may be, the focus now is on empowering the coalition. His remarks came
00:44after Muhyiddin said Samsuri's appointment as perikatan chairman does not automatically make
00:50the Terengganu Mentri Bazaar, the coalition's candidate for prime minister, if it wins the
00:55next general election. Samsuri was appointed chairman of perikatan national on February 22nd,
01:02following Muhyiddin's resignation from the post on December 30th last year.
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