Most Umno leaders in favour of PPBM alliance, says Hadi

 

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says no one party will be able to win the elections on their own.

PETALING JAYA: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says the majority of Umno leaders are in favour of working with PPBM as part of the Muafakat Nasional (MN) alliance.

He was responding to a question during an online forum organised by the National Professors Council today, on whether Umno and PPBM being at loggerheads would prevent the formation of a strong Malay-Muslim coalition for the next general election (GE15).

Hadi said PAS and Umno had already agreed to invite similarly-aligned organisations and parties to join their MN coalition to form a strong Malay-Muslim leadership.

“However, when it came time for us to invite them (PPBM), there was a political conflict between Umno and PPBM. Despite that, thank God, the majority of Umno leaders were positive (about the alliance),” he said.

When asked who PAS would support in the event of a snap GE15, he said the party would still push for a strong Malay-Muslim leadership, because “there would be no one party that could win the elections on their own”.

“We need to strengthen MN and reinforce Perikatan Nasional (PN). This is so that the Malay-Muslim leadership can be united.”

Earlier this month, a majority of the 191 Umno party divisions passed resolutions calling for Umno to withdraw its cooperation with PPBM.

As a result, the Umno Supreme Council said any decision on the party’s support for PPBM was to be finalised at its annual general assembly, which was scheduled to be held on Jan 31 but has since been postponed due to the movement control order (MCO) and the emergency. - FMT