Kerjasama BN-PH sehingga PRU akan datang

PENGERUSI Barisan Nasional (BN) Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pada Ahad (22 Dis)memberikan jaminan bahawa UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) sebagai parti komponen, akan terus memberi komitmen sepenuhnya bersama Kerajaan Perpaduan sehingga Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-16 (PRU16).

Beliau berkata Kerajaan Perpaduan juga berpeluang untuk terus mengekalkan kemenangan pada PRU16 itu, jika aspek kesetiaan pada parti dan usaha menyatuni rakyat terus diberikan keutamaan.

“Saya ingin respons apa dinyatakan Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim pada Jumaat, pertanyaan wartawan kepadanya ketika itu, adakah Kerajaan Perpaduan boleh bertahan jika pilihan raya dilakukan dalam waktu terdekat, beliau yakin boleh bertahan.

“Dalam keadaan itu saya ingin menyatakan bahawa kerjasama UMNO dan BN dengan Kerajaan Perpaduan (akan berterusan) sehingga PRU16,” katanya selepas majlis Konvensyen BN Negeri Sembilan 2024 di Seremban pada Ahad, yang turut dihadiri Timbalan Pengerusi BN Mohamad Hasan.

Beliau berkata demikian sebagai mengulas kenyataan Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim pada Sabtu (21 Dis) yang menyatakan keyakinan Kerajaan Perpaduan mempunyai kelebihan untuk menang jika PRU diadakan dalam tempoh terdekat.

Ahmad Zahid pada masa yang sama turut menegaskan ketaatan dan kesetiaan adalah perkara keutamaan dalam kepimpinan parti.

Selain itu, beliau turut memuji barisan menteri BN yang menunjukkan prestasi cemerlang termasuk Menteri Luar Mohamad, yang menaikkan nama negara di peringkat antarabangsa.

Dalam ucapannya sebelum itu, Dr Ahmad Zahid turut menggesa pemimpin BN supaya memperkukuh struktur dalaman parti, mendekati rakyat dan memahami aspirasi generasi muda, pemerkasaan teknologi dan media sosial, dan menggerakkan jentera secara menyeluruh bagi menghadapi pilihan raya akan datang.

“Permasalahan timbul dalam PRU14 dan PRU15 ialah ramai pemain sepatutnya ada semangat sepasukan tetapi tendang bola dalam gol sendiri, akhirnya kecundang.

“Hakikatnya kita mesti berperanan di posisi masing-masing sebagai pemain dalam pasukan bola agar kemenangan memihak kepada kita, pasukan BN jangan tendang bola ke dalam gol sendiri,” katanya.

 

BN-PH cooperation is until next general election

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party’s cooperation with the unity government is until the next general election, in an apparent warning against attempts to poach its members.

Zahid, who is also the chairman of Barisan Nasional, led by Umno, said there should not be any efforts to get its members to defect.

“Loyalty is something the Umno leadership prioritises,” he said when officiating the Negeri Sembilan Barisan Nasional convention in Seremban on Sunday.

Zahid said it was vital for BN’s views, especially from its ministers, to be taken into account to ensure a stable administration.

His statement follows Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s recent remarks on the unity government’s prospects in the next general election.

Anwar, who is also the Pakatan Harapan chairman, was reported to have said the unity government had a better advantage of winning the elections if they were called soon, citing improvements in terms of governance and the welfare of civil servants.

Zahid’s remarks also come following confirmation that Umno Supreme Council member Tengku Zafrul Aziz had held preliminary talks with PKR, led by Anwar, to join the party, although no decision has been made.

Yesterday, FMT quoted analysts as saying the episode has damaged inter-party relations within the unity government.

Zahid reminded BN members to work as a team if it did not want to lose in the 16th general election.

He said the problems that BN encountered in the previous two general elections included leaders who had “scored own goals”. However, he did not name anyone in particular.

He said BN members must acknowledge the current political realities, which demanded that the coalition’s partners work together and come up with better strategies.

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