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JOHOR menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi has revealed that he apologised to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after previously calling on him to resign following Barisan Nasional’s poor performance in the 15th general election (GE15). BN suffered its worst electoral …

BARISAN Nasional looks set to go into the much-speculated Johor Elections solo without cooperation with Pakatan Harapan. Onn Hafiz Ghazi, who is also state Barisan chairman, said the collation would contest in all 56 seats in the upcoming state polls. …

UMNO will only consider working with PAS again if the latter mend their ways, says Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid said he was also the one who first began Muafakat Nasional. The now-defunct Muafakat, which was widely known …

SHIFTING further to the right is unlikely to pay off for Umno and Barisan Nasional, analysts say, warning that it could cost the coalition both its non-Malay partners and its footing in urban seats. Hisommudin Bakar of Ilham Centre said …

MORE than 10 opposition MPs who have been sacked from their previous party have expressed their interests in joining Umno, says party secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. Asyraf said Umno has held a series of meetings with these MPs through a …

THE Malaysian Bar yesterday won its appeal to begin its court challenge against the Attorney General’s 2023 decision to apply for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) against Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s 47 charges in the Yayasan Akalbudi corruption …

DESPITE being prepared to contest solo in the upcoming state election, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says he is willing to give negotiations another chance. Anwar, who is also Pakatan Harapan chairman, said he intends to meet Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad …

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there was no discussion on the Johor state election during the meeting with His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, nor at the Umno Supreme Council meeting on Monday. He said the audience and …

THE prospects of fielding leaders who were previously expelled, suspended, or who had left the party in the upcoming general election will depend on their viability, says Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. “Winnability will be the primary criterion for any state or …