His statement comes a day after Perikatan Nasional (PN) said it would be discussing seat allocations without involving Barisan Nasional (BN).

“It wasn’t just a decision by the Supreme Council, but also by the grassroots at the 2020 AGM,” Zahid said in a Facebook post.

Umno, he added, has also decided against forming an alliance with PN in the 15th general election. The PN coalition includes PAS and Gerakan.

Earlier today, Zahid said the party would defend the parliamentary and state seats it won in the last nationwide polls, a decision which he also said was unanimously decided by the Supreme Council last year.

His post comes a day after PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said it would discuss seat allocations among its partners, namely Bersatu, PAS and Gerakan.

He said PN was unsure of Umno’s direction. The BN leadership, he said, had also not made clear its stance on seat negotiations. The BN coalition includes MCA, MIC and Sabah’s PBRS.

In March, Zahid had sent a letter to Muhyiddin, the Bersatu president, informing him that Umno would not cooperate with them in GE15.

During the divisional elections last year, 147 of the 191 Umno divisions had called for the party to withdraw its cooperation with Bersatu.