BN's Nenggiri win significant morale booster for govt: Umno leaders

BN’s victory in the Nenggiri by-election, which demonstrated the return of Malay support to the party, is an important morale booster for the cooperation within the coalition government, according to Umno leaders.

Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said this was as expressed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who positioned Umno and BN as the main pillars of the coalition government to regain the support of the Malay community, which has been seen as distancing itself.

“Specifically, Umno and BN would like to...