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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PETALING JAYA: The call by Johor Umno deputy head Nur Jazlan Mohamed to cut ties with PAS for the next general election (GE15) does not represent his party’s stand on the Muafakat Nasional (MN) pact, says the Islamist party.

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said Nur Jazlan’s statement did not represent the view of Umno’s top leadership which wants to continue and nurture the MN pact formed to unite the ummah.

“During the Umno general assembly in May, almost all divisions voted to continue maintaining ties with PAS,” he told FMT.

He was reacting to Nur Jazlan’s statement urging Umno to reconsider its ties with PAS in MN, saying Umno could no longer expect the party to be sincere in upholding its responsibilities as a partner in the coalition.

“Umno has always been suspicious of PAS leaders who now seem to be more interested in power and position and, in some cases, money too. In the current episode involving the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB), there are some serious allegations,” he told FMT.


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