PAS still open to forming coalitions ahead of GE15

PAS is still open to the idea of forming a coalition with any political party to face the 15th general election (GE15), its secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said today.

He said all parties including PAS could still choose to join or establish coalitions until the day of nomination.

"For me, after the dissolution of Parliament… anything can happen, coalitions can be established until nomination day," he said at a press conference in Kota Bharu.

When questioned by reporters, Takiyuddin who is the Kota Bharu MP, denied claims that PAS' decision to strengthen cooperation with Perikatan Nasional (PN) on the principle of unifying the ummah meant that the party was rejecting Muafakat Nasional (MN).

"The statement refers to the decision to strengthen cooperation with PN… but can you find anything in the statement that says we (PAS) want to sever our relationship with MN?" he said.
 
On the statement by Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin that the party was ready to consider the idea of cooperating with Pejuang in GE15, Takiyuddin said PAS had not been informed about it.

"I don’t know if the matter is true or not. If it is true, then we don’t know about it.

"Being in a family, if we want to do something, we discuss it. For example, when PAS wanted to discuss with Umno, we told Bersatu about it officially," he said.