By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani - The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Barisan Nasional (BN) will soon adopt a formal policy to recognise political parties and NGOs friendly to the coalition at a national convention scheduled for end 2010.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak (left), who announced the plan tonight, said the convention will amend BN’s constitution to adopt the policy, intended to strengthen the coalition.
“We agreed that a Barisan Nasional convention will be held at the end of the year. We will amend the Barisan Nasional constitution with the purpose of being more open and inclusive.
“A special committee also has been established and will be headed by Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. The committee will study the proposal to amend the constitution, which will be approved by the supreme council before it is tabled at the convention,” Najib said after chairing the BN supreme council meeting in PWTC.
He added the convention would also discuss how the governing coalition would go about assimilating these parties and individuals.
“We will consider how we can deal by recognising political parties that are interested in supporting Barisan Nasional... [and] also individuals that would like to join Barisan Nasional together with NGOs that are friendly with Barisan Nasional.
“We do not yet have a formal policy for these three groups and it is important for us to determine what formal policies are needed to ensure that these groups are given the necessary recognition,” he said.
The BN lost its traditional two-thirds parliamentary majority and four states in Election 2008, when the opposition combined to make historic gains under the Pakatan Rakyat banner led by former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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