“I don’t know anything about a new party. Who says there is a new party?” the senior minister said after attending the Anti-Bribery Management System certificate presentation ceremony at Menara Miti this evening.

Last month, it was reported that the former PKR deputy president was to head a new multiracial party that would also see his allies join.

When asked to comment on the supposed delay by the Registrar of Societies in approving the new party, the Gombak MP said:

“It’s because I never sent it an application.”

Azmin was also evasive about his PPBM membership.

Last month, Azmin was reported to have said the party was still processing his membership.

He had reportedly said that PPBM is new and that there were “processes to be followed”.

When pressed about this, he said:

“That’s not true. That’s fake news.”

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