Hadi rejects Harapan: 'Their tent has mice, cats, all sorts'

 

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has taken a jab at the idea of cooperating under Pakatan Harapan’s ‘big tent’ which is meant to ensure a straight fight against BN in the upcoming general election.

He said PAS will not join the ‘big tent’ but will instead defend the “Muslim unity” agenda with the largest parties of Muslims - Bersatu and Umno.

Aside from that, he said they will also work with non-Muslim organisations and parties that are not extreme.

“We will not join the tent because, in the tent, there are ‘mice’, there are ‘cats’, there are all sorts. All of them are in the tent,” said Hadi, as reported by Bernama.

Even though some PAS leaders have shown interest in continuing their cooperation within Muafakat Nasional, Umno - which is seen as the dominant party in the current government - does not appear to be interested any longer.

The relationship between the two parties worsened recently with the emergence of the ‘PAS Leaks’ document, which allegedly revealed a conspiracy against Umno.

The “leaked document” is a purported summary of meetings between PAS vice-president Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan, and other political figures from Bersatu, Pejuang, and Umno between March 24 and April 7.

According to the document, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin told the PAS leaders that “the attorney-general and chief justice have agreed to expedite the case and sentencing” of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Ahmad Samsuri has since said the leaked document was “rubbish” but conceded he did attend meetings with some of the Umno and Bersatu personalities named in the document.