Both PAS and Umno will be better off as a check and balance to the other rather than together as coalition partners, a senior PAS leader said last night.
PAS research director Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki said this is based on the outcome of the 14th general election, where his party and Umno emerged as the two largest Malay-based parties in Parliament and several state assemblies.
"PAS and Umno are two large Malay parties. PAS and Umno represents almost 75 percent of Malay support.
"Therefore, I see that PAS and Umno cannot be together (in a coalition)," he said during a packed ‘The Future of Islam Under a Pakatan Harapan government’ forum organised by NGO Ikram in Shah Alam.
Zuhdi was responding to an audience member who questioned whether PAS would consider uniting with Umno to counter the alleged failure of the current Pakatan Harapan administration to protect the rights of Malays and Muslims.
He noted that PAS and Umno should remain on opposing sides so that their leaders can afford to be critical of one another.
"Now PAS is the government in Kelantan, Terengganu. Alhamdulillah, we have Umno on the opposition bench and they can criticise us in the proper manner.
"Umno forms the government in Pahang, Perlis, and we (PAS) form the opposition," he told the forum.
Other panelists who spoke at the forum were DAP member and constitutional expert Abdul Aziz Bari, Amanah spiritual advisor Ahmad Awang and Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. - Mkini
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