Muafakat with Bersatu not likely, says analyst

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PETALING JAYA: An analyst believes the possibility of Muafakat Nasional (MN) being strengthened with Bersatu joining is low, despite PAS’ constant endeavour to unite the Malay-Muslim parties.

Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid said the way Bersatu behaved in controlling government positions would affect the party’s future in MN, adding that there were many “sour grapes” in Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s faction.

He also said MN was far from dead and would remain so unless either Umno or PAS decided to officially undo the alliance that was formalised in a charter of political cooperation in September 2019.

“This scenario (of all three parties cooperating) still has a distant chance of coming about. It will depend to what extent Zahid is prepared to forgive Bersatu and the pro-Perikatan Nasional (PN) faction in Umno come GE15.

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