He was also confident that PN had learned from the weaknesses of Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) that any decision made by a coalition should be based on discussions and not dominated by one party.

“In BN, Umno is the dominant party. BN’s top posts — chairman, deputy chairman, secretary-general, treasurer, women’s chief, youth chief, information chief — are held by Umno.

“In PN, these are shared among component parties.

“In PH, there was no party that was dominant, but a situation where it was supported by ‘a big majority from a minority group’ and ‘a small minority from the majority group’, causing it not to last long,” he said in a Facebook post today.

Saifuddin, who is also Pahang PPBM chief, also agreed with the prime minister that the country needed to adopt new politics that is functioning, caring and stable.

“Among the characteristics of the new politics is that under a coalition of political parties, there doesn’t exist one dominant party while smaller parties are marginalised,” he said.