Gerakan tells PAS that MP numbers not sole measure of influence
Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau today rejected PAS spiritual leader Datuk Hashim Jasin’s insistence for the Islamists to head Perikatan Nasional, backing Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to remain its leader.
(MMO) – Responding to Hashim who also said Muhyiddin’s selection as PN’s candidate to be prime minister must have consensus, Lau argued that the Bersatu president was the natural choice by virtue of being the coalition’s chairman.
“I also disagree with the statement by Hashim, who said that eligibility to become prime minister depends on the number of parliamentary seats and the strength of grassroots machinery.
“The reality is, we need 112 seats to form the federal government, not 43 or 50 seats.
“If it were solely based on seat numbers, DAP would have certainly nominated its representative as prime minister in the current government. However, this is not the case,” Lau said in a statement today.
