PAS eyes GE15 with Melaka game plan

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PETALING JAYA: Although PAS has announced it will contest under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) banner in the Melaka polls, the Islamist party has no intention of ending its ties with Umno in the Muafakat Nasional coalition, a source in the know said.

Instead, he said, PAS was warming up to Bersatu in PN in a bid to neutralise Umno and have a bargaining chip when discussions on seat allocation for GE15 are held with Umno.

He told FMT that unlike in Kelantan or Terengganu, PAS was not accepted in Melaka and therefore had nothing to lose.

By working with Bersatu, it could hope to be in a better position when negotiating for seats with the more powerful “big brother” Umno during GE15.

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