PAS not weak although it has left Pakatan Harapan — Salleh

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS will not be weak because of party crisis or is no longer with the other opposition parties that formed the Pakatan Harapan, said Umno treasurer Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak.

He said although PAS had its ups and downs, the party members were always loyal to the party and its grassroots machinery was also strong.

“Like now, when when PAS is divided and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) was formed, is PAS weakened? I don’t see it that way,”said Salleh in his latest entry in his blog sskeruak.blogspot.my, yesterday.

Recently, there were efforts from Parti Keadilan Rakyat PKR whose deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali held an unofficial discussion with PAS to avoid a clash in the 14th general election to the extent of causing dissatisfaction among Pakatan Harapan affiliates, especially Amanah.

The move by Azmin, which was carried out on the suggestion of PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, contradicted with the decision of the Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council which held the stand that it would not cooperate with PAS as well as the stand of PAS, through its top leadership which rejected any form of cooperation with any party in the opposition pact.

Salleh, who is also the Minister of Communications and Multimedia, said that looking at the PAS record, the PAS struggle will remain even if there were splits in the party and the changes in party leadership. - Bernama