Muhyiddin ready to tame PAS
He says he can convince the Islamist party to join hands with Pakatan and Bersatu for GE14.
(FMT) – Parti Pribumi Bersatu President Muhyiddin Yassin is confident he can convince PAS to join his party and Pakatan Harapan in an opposition alliance, a move to ensure one-to-one contests against Barisan Nasional (BN) at the next general election.
“We are confident we can act as the glue to ensure PAS would join us to take on BN at the next election,” he told several Kelantan politicians who will form the party’s chapter in the state.
At the meeting, held in Kuala Lumpur, Muhyiddin disclosed that he had met PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang.
Tomorrow, he will speak at a PAS programme, sharing the stage with several Terengganu PAS leaders, including vice-president Idris Ahmad, election director Mustafa Ali and deputy state commissioner Yahaya Ali. The programme is a prelude to PAS’s “Himpunan Harapan Semua (Hope for All Rally)”.
Pakatan Harapan, made up of PKR, DAP and Amanah, has in principle agreed to join hands with Muhyiddin’s party for the next polls. There has not been any clear signal from PAS that it would cooperate.
The Islamist party is uneasy with DAP and Amanah, but maintains ties with PKR. PKR has been engaging PAS, hoping to convince it to join an electoral pact aimed at preventing three-cornered contests at the 14th general election, due in 2018.
