Tuesday, 09 Mar 2021 06:20 AM MYT
BY IDA LIM
A man walks by a Barisan Nasional flag during the Chini by-election in Pekan June, 25, 2020. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 Umno s decision to stay in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government until the 15th general election (GE15) but immediately challenge the coalition’s lynchpin Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) has cast the spotlight on MCA and MIC.
Umno s decision to split with Bersatu in GE15 was made unilaterally without announcing the position to be taken by its decades-long allies in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, MCA and MIC. BN had been reduced to just the three parties after a disastrous outing in the 2018 elections, with just MCA and MIC choosing to stay with Umno while others left the coalition.