Better for Umno to go solo after being stabbed in the back by Bersatu, says Puad
Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi said PAS was bowled over when PN offered it ministerial posts. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA: It is better for Umno to move forward alone than with Perikatan Nasional because there is no political honesty in the coalition, Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi said.
Responding to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s criticism of Umno yesterday, Puad said the party did not seem to care about Bersatu “stabbing Umno in the back”, as happened in Sabah.
Although Puad did not elaborate, he is believed to be referring to speculation that Bersatu had put up independents against its candidates in the state elections in 2020.
“PAS does not care about all that. PAS does not lose anything. So what Malay unity is PAS hoping for if the purpose of Bersatu is to kill Umno through PN?” Puad said in a statement.
Against the backdrop of the upcoming Johor state elections, Hadi had reminded Umno that it was saved by his party after the last general election.
Hadi likened Umno to a “duck with a broken leg” which wanted to abandon PAS after recovering, describing it as something immoral and incorrect.
Umno and PAS had become partners under the Muafakat Nasional (MN) framework after GE14.
“Actually, PAS is the one that weakened MN when it joined Perikatan Nasional,” said Puad.
Puad said PAS was suitably impresssed after its leaders were offered ministerial posts. “PAS was even willing to sideline two or three of its top leaders, who are pro-MN.”
Puad said PAS would become ”a duck with both legs broken” if it worked with Bersatu, which he said was dominated by “political frogs”.
“Actually, it is difficult to be friends with PAS,” he said, noting that Hadi had claimed the Umno-backed BN had now become “irrelevant”.
PETALING JAYA: It is better for Umno to move forward alone than with Perikatan Nasional because there is no political honesty in the coalition, Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi said.
Responding to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s criticism of Umno yesterday, Puad said the party did not seem to care about Bersatu “stabbing Umno in the back”, as happened in Sabah.
Although Puad did not elaborate, he is believed to be referring to speculation that Bersatu had put up independents against its candidates in the state elections in 2020.
“PAS does not care about all that. PAS does not lose anything. So what Malay unity is PAS hoping for if the purpose of Bersatu is to kill Umno through PN?” Puad said in a statement.
Against the backdrop of the upcoming Johor state elections, Hadi had reminded Umno that it was saved by his party after the last general election.
Hadi likened Umno to a “duck with a broken leg” which wanted to abandon PAS after recovering, describing it as something immoral and incorrect.
Umno and PAS had become partners under the Muafakat Nasional (MN) framework after GE14.
“Actually, PAS is the one that weakened MN when it joined Perikatan Nasional,” said Puad.
Puad said PAS was suitably impresssed after its leaders were offered ministerial posts. “PAS was even willing to sideline two or three of its top leaders, who are pro-MN.”
Puad said PAS would become ”a duck with both legs broken” if it worked with Bersatu, which he said was dominated by “political frogs”.
“Actually, it is difficult to be friends with PAS,” he said, noting that Hadi had claimed the Umno-backed BN had now become “irrelevant”.
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