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Caretaker Negeri Sembilan menteri besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun expresses no regrets about Pakatan Harapan's state election loss, maintaining that appealing to voters on merit and performance rather than ethnicity was the right approach.
Barisan Nasional chairman Zahid Hamidi and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim have pledged to prioritise unity government stability over electoral competition, signalling their commitment to maintaining federal-level cooperation regardless of campaign dynamics.
Pakatan Harapan's Fahmi Fadzil has criticised Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor's recent statements on racial issues, arguing they exemplify PAS leadership's pattern of exploiting communal sensitivities to divide Malaysian society rather than unite it.
The Malaysian Paralympics Council president, Datuk Seri Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin, has been named as a Bersatu candidate for the Seri Menanti seat in Negeri Sembilan's upcoming state election scheduled for August 1.
Anwar Ibrahim, Pakatan Harapan chairman, has pushed back against accusations that his alliance with DAP compromises Malay-Muslim rights, characterising the attacks as politically motivated.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has rejected suggestions that he will formally request Singapore's government to facilitate Malaysian voters' return home for the Johor state election, stating no such approach has been made.