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Samsuri is new PN chairman
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Elill Easwaran
The PAS veep replaces Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin who relinquished the post on Jan 1
PAS vice-president Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar is also Terengganu menteri besar. (Facebook pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS vice-president Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar is the new chairman of Perikatan Nasional.
Samsuri’s appointment was unanimously agreed to by the PN presidential council, comprising Bersatu’s Muhyiddin Yassin, PAS’s Abdul Hadi Awang, Gerakan’s Dominic Lau and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party’s (MIPP) P Punithan.
Lau said Hadi had proposed Samsuri to take over the position during an extraordinary PN Supreme Council meeting this afternoon, chaired by Muhyiddin.
The PN chairman’s post had been vacant since Jan 1 after Muhyiddin stepped down.
Lau also said Samsuri’s appointment was in line with PN’s principle of inclusivity, and the core struggle of each component party.
“We congratulate him on his appointment. We hope he can execute his duties well, particularly to ensure PN’s victory in the 16th general election,” he told reporters after the meeting.
At a separate press conference, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said Muhyiddin has been appointed a PN deputy chairman.
He said Hadi has decided to no longer be a part of the PN Supreme Council but will remain in the coalition’s presidential council.
PAS has yet to decide on its candidate to take over Hadi’s position as PN deputy chairman.
Takiyuddin also said Samsuri did not attend today’s Supreme Council meeting since he is not a member, having resigned as the coalition’s treasurer in December 2024.
The PN Supreme Council met for less than an hour at PAS’s headquarters here to confirm Muhyiddin’s resignation as chairman and appoint Samsuri as his successor.
There was previously a deadlock over the position as Muhyiddin insisted the PN chairmanship should be held by a party president, but PAS was adamant this need not be the case.
A former senior aide of Muhyiddin had also claimed that Gerakan and MIPP were opposed to PAS taking over the chairman’s post, although Gerakan had denied this.
The tiff over the PN chairmanship had soured ties between PAS and Bersatu, with leaders from both parties taking swipes at each other publicly.
Samsuri’s appointment was unanimously agreed to by the PN presidential council, comprising Bersatu’s Muhyiddin Yassin, PAS’s Abdul Hadi Awang, Gerakan’s Dominic Lau and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party’s (MIPP) P Punithan.
Lau said Hadi had proposed Samsuri to take over the position during an extraordinary PN Supreme Council meeting this afternoon, chaired by Muhyiddin.
The PN chairman’s post had been vacant since Jan 1 after Muhyiddin stepped down.
Lau also said Samsuri’s appointment was in line with PN’s principle of inclusivity, and the core struggle of each component party.
“We congratulate him on his appointment. We hope he can execute his duties well, particularly to ensure PN’s victory in the 16th general election,” he told reporters after the meeting.
At a separate press conference, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said Muhyiddin has been appointed a PN deputy chairman.
He said Hadi has decided to no longer be a part of the PN Supreme Council but will remain in the coalition’s presidential council.
PAS has yet to decide on its candidate to take over Hadi’s position as PN deputy chairman.
Takiyuddin also said Samsuri did not attend today’s Supreme Council meeting since he is not a member, having resigned as the coalition’s treasurer in December 2024.
The PN Supreme Council met for less than an hour at PAS’s headquarters here to confirm Muhyiddin’s resignation as chairman and appoint Samsuri as his successor.
There was previously a deadlock over the position as Muhyiddin insisted the PN chairmanship should be held by a party president, but PAS was adamant this need not be the case.
A former senior aide of Muhyiddin had also claimed that Gerakan and MIPP were opposed to PAS taking over the chairman’s post, although Gerakan had denied this.
The tiff over the PN chairmanship had soured ties between PAS and Bersatu, with leaders from both parties taking swipes at each other publicly.
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