BAGAN DATUK: Cooperation among Barisan Nasional’s (BN) core parties, including MIC, should continue to be strengthened, says chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the rejoining of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has further stabilised the coalition.
“We in BN hold the view that all component parties, particularly the core parties, must respect one another.
“MIC has been a core party since the days of the alliance, together with MCA and Umno, and we hope that the core parties within BN will continue to be reinforced,” Ahmad Zahid, who is also Umno president, said on Sunday (Jan 25).
However, he said that any decision to be made at MIC‘s emergency meeting is the party’s prerogative.
On Saturday (Jan 24), MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran said the party will convene an emergency meeting soon to discuss its official participation in Perikatan Nasional (PN).
He said that although PN has given the green light for MIC to join the opposition coalition, the process must be carried out through official channels. – Bernama
