The Umno leader says Bersatu has been heavily dependent on PAS since then and now faces a bleaker future due to its conflict with the Islamic party.
Puad said Bersatu had already lost its attraction, especially after its president Muhyiddin Yassin had rifts with Bersatu’s founding chairman, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Mahathir and Muhyiddin co-founded Bersatu in 2016 to challenge Umno. Mahathir was sacked from the party in May 2020 after refusing to back Muhyiddin’s government in the Dewan Rakyat and choosing to sit on the opposition bench.
Muhyiddin became prime minister after the Sheraton Move in February 2020, which resulted in Mahathir — then Bersatu chairman — resigning from the top post and the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government.
“Ever since then, Bersatu has been heavily dependent on PAS. But because of their worsening conflict, Bersatu’s level of attraction will only diminish further,” Puad said in a Facebook post.
He said if Bersatu is truly still an attractive party, its former deputy president Hamzah Zainudin and several others aligned with him would not have turned against the party’s leadership.
Puad was responding to Terengganu Bersatu chief Razali Idris, who said that his party and PAS still complemented each other’s strengths and needed to continue their cooperation.
Razali said Bersatu could attract fence-sitters, professionals and young voters, which would complement PAS’s formidable election machinery and extensive election campaign experience.
His statement comes as PAS reviews its relationship with Bersatu, with a view to possibly contesting in the next general election without Muhyiddin’s party. - FMT
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