PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, has said that Barisan Nasional (BN) must be part of a unity government, said its chairman, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
According to Malaysiakini, Zahid said the King had told him, BN deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan and secretary-general Zambry Abd Kadir this when they met him at Istana Negara this morning.
“Tuanku’s decree was to form a unity government,” Zahid told the news portal.
Asked if BN will be sticking to its decision to remain in the opposition instead of backing any party to form the government, he simply said “that is not Tuanku’s order”.
Zahid, Mohamad and Zambry were at Istana Negara for about 40 minutes this morning.
Yesterday, Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob said BN’s Supreme Council had decided to remain in the opposition instead of backing anyone to form the government.