KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26 -- Perikatan Nasional's (PN) suspension by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) has not affected its negotiations with Barisan Nasional (BN) over cooperation in the coming Melaka state election, with talks now more than halfway complete, PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said.

Takiyuddin said discussions with BN were continuing despite the RoS order suspending all PN activities, and that the development had not changed the coalition's position on pursuing political cooperation.

"I can confirm that it does not affect the cooperation talks, as PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has said in stressing the need for penyatuan ummah [ummah unity]," he was quoted as saying by Sinar Harian.

"Penyatuan umma...