Barisan Nasional currently holds 20 of the 28 seats in the Melaka state legislative assembly. “If they can work with PN in Negeri Sembilan and Johor, the same possibility is open in Melaka. Mazlan was commenting on Rauf’s statement on Sunday that BN was open to working with any party in the Melaka election under the BN Plus formula. The Melaka state election must be held by the end of this year. The Melaka state assembly comprises 20 BN assemblymen, 17 of whom are from Umno.