Let’s drop PAS in GE15, Nur Jazlan tells Umno as cracks appear

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PETALING JAYA: An Umno leader has called for the party to reconsider its ties with PAS in Muafakat Nasional (MN) as cracks between the two largest Malay parties, which got together in 2019 as a pact to dethrone Pakatan Harapan (PH), have surfaced recently.

The latest episode involving the planned sale of prime property belonging to cash-rich Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) which is under the jurisdiction of PAS minister Khairuddin Aman Razali, saw him trading barbs with Umno MP Ahmad Nazlan Idris, who was the board’s former chairman.

Johor Umno deputy head Nur Jazlan Mohamed said PAS will most likely be a liability in the next general election (GE15) if the parties cooperated, going by recent actions by some of its leaders which he feels have exposed the other side of PAS.

“Umno has always been suspicious of PAS leaders as they now seem to be more interested in power and position and, in some cases, money too. And in the current episode involving Lembaga Getah Malaysia (MRB), there are some serious allegations,” he told FMT.

Yesterday, Khairuddin, the plantation industries and commodities minister, claimed that some Umno leaders were attacking him over the MRB controversy.


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