KUALA LUMPUR – The Barisan Nasional (BN) Supreme Council, which met today to discuss the option of choosing a coalition to form the federal government, had yet to reach a consensus when the meeting ended this afternoon.
BN vice-chairman and MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said the meeting will continue tomorrow.
“No decision has been made yet. We will make a decision tomorrow,” he told reporters after attending the meeting at Menara Dato Onn, Putra World Trade Centre here today.
Earlier, top leaders from Pakatan Harapan (PH) and BN held a meeting to discuss the prospect of forming the federal government, since no coalition managed to win by a simple majority to form the government.
The 15th general election, which concluded on Saturday, saw a hung Parliament when no coalition managed to garner enough seats to form the federal government, even by a simple majority.
Asked if MCA’s preference was PH or Perikatan Nasional (PN), Wee said: “We will consider all possibilities.”
Meanwhile, MIC president Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran said BN was still analysing which party to join up with, whether PH or PN.
He said MIC has only one parliamentary seat, that is Tapah, won by MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan, and added that MIC will agree to any decision made by the BN Supreme Council.
“A statutory declaration will be signed once the final decision is made tomorrow,” he said. – Bernama, November 21, 2022
