PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chief Mohamad Hasan has fired back at PAS, saying the Islamic party is not likely to be part of the government after the next general election (GE15).
Mohamad, who is also Umno deputy president, said BN is also willing to let the people decide which party was “still relevant”.
“If PAS feels BN is no longer relevant, then we should seek the people’s view on that matter. Let the people also determine whether PAS or Perikatan Nasional (PN) is still relevant,” he said in a statement today.
Mohamad, who is also known as Tok Mat, was responding to a scathing attack against Umno by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang in a video posted on Facebook yesterday.
Hadi had “warned” Umno, saying PAS and Bersatu have their own strengths and will “strike back” should Umno continue triggering state elections like it did in Johor, following the one in Melaka two months ago.
He said Umno was “undignified and acted unfairly” by leaving out PAS at the same time.
“If there are states where Umno is strong, there are also states where we are strong. So is Bersatu in Sabah. The federal government is also dominated by PN,” he said.
The Marang MP also claimed that PAS had “saved” Umno-BN after its defeat in the last general election (GE14), adding that the party’s effort had now been forgotten.
Meanwhile, DAP leader P Ramasamy said PAS is complaining about Umno’s betrayal because it is worried that it might not be in the federal government much longer.
“PAS is realising now that it might have backed the wrong horse, Bersatu, especially with the ascendancy of Umno-BN,” the Penang deputy chief minister II said in a statement today.
“The party also knows very well that Bersatu might be politically knocked out in the upcoming Johor state elections.
“With Umno-BN going it alone in Johor and possibly in GE15, PAS is faced with the option of maintaining its ties with Bersatu or going it alone too,” he added. - FMT
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