Respect our decision just like we respect yours, UMNO tells PAS
UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi urged its ally PAS to respect its decision in not cooperating with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) in the polls.
“We respect PAS leadership’s decision to cooperate with Bersatu in the upcoming Melaka state election.
“At the same time, UMNO also calls for PAS to respect our resolution in not cooperating with Bersatu,” he said in a Facebook post.
In its annual general assembly last year, UMNO delegates had passed a resolution never to cooperate with Bersatu in the next general election.
Despite overtures from Bersatu and PAS for UMNO to continue working under the Perikatan Nasional banner, the nationalist party had firmly rejected it.
Miffed by UMNO’s constant rejection, Perikatan supremo Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and PAS had decided to contest against UMNO-Barisan Nasional in the upcoming Melaka state election.
Two days ago, PAS Ulama wing Mokhtar Senik said urged Melaka voters to ensure UMNO loses the polls in order to “teach the party a lesson”.
“Hopefully, UMNO’s defeat in Malacca will teach them honest and clean politics. As such, all PAS voters must become political teachers to UMNO,” Malaysiakini reported him as saying.
Touching on the matter, Zahid reminded PAS that UMNO has never forced the Islamist party to ditch Bersatu as it respected each parties’ policies and political strategies.
With that, he added, UMNO had its own policies and strategies in convincing the electorate, which never strayed from championing the race, religion and country.
“And UMNO will contest in the Melaka state polls using the BN banner, come what may, despite PAS not being interested in fulfilling its pledges under the Muafakat Nasional charter,” the Bagan Datuk MP remarked. – Nov 8, 2021
Despite overtures from Bersatu and PAS for UMNO to continue working under the Perikatan Nasional banner, the nationalist party had firmly rejected it.
Miffed by UMNO’s constant rejection, Perikatan supremo Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and PAS had decided to contest against UMNO-Barisan Nasional in the upcoming Melaka state election.
Two days ago, PAS Ulama wing Mokhtar Senik said urged Melaka voters to ensure UMNO loses the polls in order to “teach the party a lesson”.
“Hopefully, UMNO’s defeat in Malacca will teach them honest and clean politics. As such, all PAS voters must become political teachers to UMNO,” Malaysiakini reported him as saying.
Touching on the matter, Zahid reminded PAS that UMNO has never forced the Islamist party to ditch Bersatu as it respected each parties’ policies and political strategies.
With that, he added, UMNO had its own policies and strategies in convincing the electorate, which never strayed from championing the race, religion and country.
“And UMNO will contest in the Melaka state polls using the BN banner, come what may, despite PAS not being interested in fulfilling its pledges under the Muafakat Nasional charter,” the Bagan Datuk MP remarked. – Nov 8, 2021
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PAS' chagrin at UMNO's cold shoulder is due to its lesser likelihood of winning seats in Melaka without UMNO in the PN coalition. Melaka is not exactly a strong bastion for the Islamic Party, and since analysts have been touting Melaka as a bellwether for GE15, PAS hungers for a few Melaka seats. It's now merajuking at UMNO's refusal to join the party.
Additionally, knowing its lack of brand recognition, it clings on to the PRIBUMI Bersatu (PPBM)'s PN logo, to mask from gullible voters its scary Islamic credentials.
That's opportunistic PAS for you. It's most likely PAS will end up with nil seat in Melaka.
I sincerely hope and pray PAS receives ZERO seats.
ReplyDeleteThis is the most dangerous party in Malaysia. The people in PAS are definitely capable of spewing more racist nonsense just to score political points. And they do it even if it causes May 13th part 2.