Zahidi: Umno will remain on opposition bench without cooperation in GE15
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UMNO AGM | Umno supreme council member Zahidi Zainul Abidin today hinted that the party will remain on the opposition bench if it entered the 15th general election without any coalition partners.
Despite differences of opinions in Perikatan Nasional (PN), Zahidi said Umno must think ahead of a possibility that it could not win enough seats to form a government.
"If Umno now contests and (don't win all) 120 seats (it is contesting)... no DAP, no PKR no Bersatu, who will work with us? Do we want to remain the opposition?
"Because from the start, we said we don't want to work with anyone, but then suddenly we don't have (enough) majority. Who will want to work with us?" he told reporters today while distributing food packets to journalists...
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