PETALING JAYA: Parties in the government, comprising components of Perikatan Nasional (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN) and Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) have agreed to form a presidential council.
The council will comprise the leaders of each party.
The decision to set up the presidential council was agreed to today by party leaders including Prime Minister and PPBM president Muhyiddin Yassin, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang among others.
“The platform will allow discussions on government policy and strengthen cooperation between parties in the government,” PN secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said in a statement.
He said the decision was made during a meeting attended by party leaders including Zahid, Hadi, MCA president Wee Ka Siong, SUPP president Dr Sim Kui Hian and PBS president Maximus Ongkili.
The other parties, namely PBB, PBRS, SAPP, PRS, PDP, MIC and STAR, were represented by senior party leaders.
The meeting was chaired by Muhyiddin, who is the PN chairman.
Hamzah said a secretariat represented by the secretary-general from each party will be set up to coordinate the Presidential Council.
During the meeting, PN component parties also discussed forming strong political ties for political stability and the welfare of the people and national prosperity.
Earlier this month, Hamzah announced that PN parties agreed to form their own presidential council to strengthen cooperation among themselves.
The announcement came after a PN Supreme Council meeting on Dec.
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