“The six resolutions put forth by Wanita BN are in line with PBM’s founding principles,” said PBM women’s chief, Dr Daroyah Alwi.

She was commenting on Wanita BN’s resolutions, including a constitutional amendment to provide automatic citizenship for overseas-born children of Malaysian women.

Wanita BN also called for the establishment of a women’s university and a bank for women.

PBM’s backing of the resolutions comes ahead of the BN leadership’s decision on PBM’s application to join the coalition.

On Aug 3, Zuraida Kamaruddin, PBM’s president-designate, said the party had applied to join BN about three weeks ago. However, there has been no response yet from the coalition.

Yesterday, BN deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan said the status of the party’s application will be known after a BN Supreme Council meeting that will take place today.

Political analysts such as Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara and Council of Professors fellow Jeniri Amir have said PBM’s entry into BN would only weaken the coalition.

They said the party, with its small membership base and lack of influence, would not add any value to BN.

However, PBM information chief Zakaria Abdul Hamid dismissed their criticisms, pointing out that the party has some 200,000 members in 162 divisions nationwide.