Umno fears ending ties with Harapan - Puad; Loke recounts ‘toughest’ fight

KiniNews is now also available on Spotify and Apple podcasts.[KiniNews] Former Umno leader Puad Zarkashi claimed that Umno is afraid to end ties with Pakatan Harapan at the federal level, adding that the nationalist party is not ready to lose its cabinet posts.This came after Umno information chief Azalina Othman Said reportedly said the pact between BN and Perikatan Nasional for the Negeri Sembilan polls should not be used to end the coalition government at the federal level."Umno is not ready to become the federal opposition and that’s why the party is afraid of the BN-Harapan memorandum of understanding (MOU) getting scrapped," he said.Meanwhile, in a separate story, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has stood by his decision to defend Chennah during the Negeri Sembilan polls, arguing that his opponents’ tactics should be considered when judging his performance.Loke, who lost his bid to retain the seat for a fourth term by just 688 votes, described the fight as one of the toughest electoral battles he has faced over his 22 years of running in polls.___________________Support independent media, subscribe to Malaysiakini.com - https://membership.malaysiakini.com/membership/start?internal_source=kinitv