PARTIES STILL NEGOTIATING

It is still unclear who the various coalitions will pick as their partners for the Melaka polls.

While BN and PN’s dominant party, the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) cooperated in Negeri Sembilan, their leaders have not agreed on how they would contest in Melaka.

BN has reportedly said it will defend all seats it won in the last polls. Ab Rauf said on Aug 2 that Melaka BN remained open to working with other political parties under a “BN Plus formula”, but cautioned that discussions would not necessarily lead to an agreement as it would depend on each party’s strengths.

Following BN-PN’s victory in Negeri Sembilan, BN…

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