On Monday, Mr Chong said that Ahmad Zahid should focus on helping BN’s coalition partners after the latter seemingly endorsed candidates from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the upcoming Malaysian state elections.
The six states set to hold elections later this year are Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Penang and Selangor.
“As BN chairman, he should prioritise the component parties in BN and look after their interests, instead of PH and DAP’s,” Mr Chong was quoted as saying by FMT.
Ahmad Zahid on Tuesday reportedly said that with the unity government helmed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that it is a “new political reality” for component parties within BN to collaborate with those from PH.
“In this new political reality, we need to respect the different parties under this collaboration,” he was quoted as saying by Malay Mail.
According to Ahmad Zahid, there are 19 political parties under the unity government. Besides PH and BN, other parties and coalitions that back the unity government include Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and Parti Warisan.