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PH not invited to UMNO general assembly

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • UMNO has not invited Pakatan Harapan to its 2026 general assembly, scheduled for Sept. 9 to 12.
  • UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said PAS received an invitation as a reciprocal gesture after inviting UMNO to its recent party conference in Kelantan.

Pakatan Harapan will not attend UMNO’s 2026 general assembly after UMNO chose not to invite the coalition to the gathering, which runs from Sept. 9 to 12.

UMNO President Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said PAS, however, had been invited. He described the invitation as a response to PAS’s invitation to its 72nd Muktamar in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, the previous weekend.

“What's done is done,” Zahid said, using a Malay proverb to frame the different treatment given to the two political groupings. The excerpt ends before his full statement is reported.

What's done is done.

· Ahmad Zahid HamidiUMNO’s president used the Malay proverb while explaining the reciprocal invitation to PAS and the absence of an invitation to Pakatan Harapan.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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