Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he had urged his party president Muhyiddin Yassin to wait till after the criminal trials of Umno leaders were resolved before considering cooperation with Umno. Mahathir said Muhyiddin had been trying to persuade him to break off cooperation with DAP as he believed the losses in the Semenyih, Tanjung Piai and Kiwanis by-elections were DAP’s fault.
"Muhyiddin said he was willing to accept Umno en bloc.
"I said I could not agree... because I refuse to work with people who are still facing trial in criminal court.
"Because of that, I appealed (to wait till) the trial is over. If they are innocent, yes, but if they are guilty I cannot work with them," Mahathir said in a press conference at Yayasan Al Bukhary in Kuala Lumpur this morning.
However, Muhyiddin kept trying to persuade him to lead Bersatu out of Pakatan Harapan, he said.
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