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Umno Youth chief turns to netizens over fate of BN logo

Umno Youth chief turns to netizens over fate of BN logo
Umno Youth chief turns to netizens over fate of BN logo

Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki has turned to netizens amid suggestions for BN to abandon its "scale" logo in favour of a common symbol by Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Taking to Facebook, Asyraf asked his followers to vote in an online poll on whether the BN logo is still relevant and should be retained or whether it is no longer relevant and should be rebranded.

"Based on the results in the latest Chini by-election and previous by-elections, do you think the BN logo is still relevant or accepted?" he asked.

The poll saw more 38,300 votes with 82 percent wanting the BN logo to be retained.

Another 18 percent said the BN logo was no longer relevant.

The debate comes amid a surprise announcement by Umno supreme council member Annuar Musa that Umno and PAS have in principle agreed to support Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin as the prime ministerial candidate for the next general election.

This had courted protests from some Umno leaders who believe Umno and PAS can win the next general election without having to make concessions to Bersatu.

Muhyiddin had been working to formalise the PN coalition so that its component parties can contest under a common platform and negotiate their share of parliamentary seats for the next general election.

The Harapan government, which came into power in the 2018 general election, collapsed in late February after Muhyiddin pulled his party out of the coalition.

Muhyiddin was sworn in as the new prime minister on March 1 after former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad refused to lead a new coalition comprising Bersatu, PKR defectors, BN, PAS, GPS, PBS, and STAR.

Muhyiddin's rival, disputed Bersatu chairperson Mahathir, has warned that Bersatu would be devastated in the 15th general election if they competed under PN due to overlaps in electoral constituencies with Umno and PAS.