MELAKA – Core parties are still relevant to Malaysian politics to ensure the country’s political stability, said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
He said the absence of a core party would lead to disloyalty with party-hopping and this will make it difficult to maintain the political stability of the state or country.
“Secondly, there will be a lot of ‘bargaining’, a lot of ‘give and take’ to the point that important matters based on the party’s struggles cannot be implemented because there is no core party.
“For that reason, Umno needs to contest more than 14 or 15 seats so that it can be the core party. If there is no core party, there can be no stability. This is what the people of Melaka have to decide.” he said in the Gegau Melaka programme streamed on BN Comms’ Facebook page tonight.
He was responding to claims that Barisan Nasional was trying to take on the ‘big brother’ role by moving solo in the Melaka election.
In denying this claim, Khaled said BN only wants to restore political stability in Melaka specifically and the country generally through a core party approach.
In the election on November 20, BN will be contesting in all 28 seats, with Umno contesting in 20 seats, MCA seven, and MIC one.
Of that number, 24 candidates or 86% are new faces with only four incumbents retained. – Bernama, November 10, 2021
