TAMPIN, July 22 -- Perikatan Nasional (PN) has introduced the label "PBN" to describe its electoral pact with Barisan Nasional (BN) for the August 1 Negeri Sembilan state election.

Parti Wawasan Negara president Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin explained that the acronym was designed to streamline the narrative for voters and avoid confusion, NST reported.

While the name is a convenient tool to distinguish the cooperation between the two coalitions, Hamzah stressed that the partnership is driven by the shared goal of forming the next state government.

"We decided to call it PBN because people kept referring to PN and BN separately. The name itself is not important," Hamzah said after attending the Ceramah Gelombang Biru programme at Felda Bu...