PAS wants agreement with PR to maintain seats

(Bernama) – PAS wants an agreement with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to maintain the number of seats allocated to the party, should the coalition take power in the country.

Its vice-president, Datuk Husam Musa said this would be an assurance to all party grassroots members.

“The agreement with our partners in the coalition ensures PAS that each seat allocated to the party in the previous general election will be contested by PAS in future, after the coalition rules the country,” he said at the opening of the PAS Muslimat Muktamar here yesterday.

Meanwhile, PAS Muslimat wing chief Siti Zailah Mohd Yusof said PAS needed political cooperation with PR to continue to be in power in the states it ruled.

She said the party’s record showed it could only rule Kelantan and Terengganu but with cooperation, it could be in power in the West Coast states.

“The political cooperation between DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat has succeeded in bringing PAS out from the East Coast,” she added.