00:00Bersatu has warned that PAS will violate Perikatan Nasional's constitution if Melaka seat negotiations exclude the party.
00:09Bersatu Information Chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz maintained that Bersatu remains a PN member,
00:15with all the rights accorded under Clause 7 of the coalition's constitution.
00:19He argued that excluding Bersatu from the talks would once again deny the party its rights,
00:25after claiming PAS had also sidelined it before the Negeri Sembilan election.
00:31PN Secretary-General Taki Yudin Hassan announced yesterday that talks with Barisan Nasional over the Melaka state election would not
00:39involve Bersatu.
00:40Tensions between Bersatu and PAS escalated after PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang claimed Bersatu had automatically ceased to be a
00:48PN member,
00:49after announcing plans for a new coalition.
00:52PN Chairman Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar later dismissed that claim.
00:56Tun Faisal said the contradictory statements reflected badly on PN,
01:01as they suggested Hadi wielded greater authority than Samsuri.
01:05The Registrar of Societies is reviewing Bersatu's complaint over its PN membership status
01:12and its exclusion from a July 16 Supreme Council meeting on Negeri Sembilan seat allocations.
01:18The Melaka Assembly term ends in December unless dissolved earlier with an election to be held within 60 days of
01:26dissolution
01:26or by late February at the latest.
01:30Amadeep Gill, FMT.
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