{"id":16442,"date":"2023-02-25T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T11:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16442"},"modified":"2023-02-25T19:03:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T11:03:09","slug":"pn-parties-begin-talks-on-seats-ahead-of-state-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16442","title":{"rendered":"PN parties begin talks on seats ahead of state polls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0Perikatan Nasional (PN) component\u00a0parties have\u00a0begun discussions\u00a0on\u00a0allocation\u00a0of\u00a0seats for elections in six states due by the middle of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PN secretary-general&nbsp;Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said discussions&nbsp;on the matter&nbsp;were going on&nbsp;smoothly but no final decision has been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo final decision, but we have had several discussions on the seats to be allocated to the parties. It\u2019s like a family discussion (without problems),\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-1024x568.png\" alt=\"seats\" class=\"wp-image-16443\" width=\"608\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-180x100.png 180w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-350x194.png 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM-800x444.png 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-25-at-7.01.12-PM.png 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hamzah said discussions will include&nbsp;the logo to be used in PAS-ruled states, namely&nbsp;Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State elections are due for Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan by the middle of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, five menteris&nbsp;besar and a chief minister from the six states reached a consensus to consider announcing the dissolution of their respective state legislative assemblies in the last two weeks of June to make way for their state elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, on claims that Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) president&nbsp;Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir had allegedly requested PN to allocate the party several seats to contest in the state polls, Hamzah said that was a sign that the former Kedah Menteri Besar was stuck in a desperate situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/politics\/news.php?id=2167031\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 &#8212;\u00a0Perikatan Nasional (PN) component\u00a0parties have\u00a0begun discussions\u00a0on\u00a0allocation\u00a0of\u00a0seats for elections in six 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