PETALING JAYA: After the historic defeat in the 2018 General Election, Umno and its bitter foe PAS inked a charter of cooperation called Muafakat Nasional to fight the common enemy – Pakatan Harapan.
It was signed with much pomp by PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang and his Umno counterpart Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi with a rally in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 14, 2019.The former political foes turned allies are not likely to continue their alliance into the 15th General Election , say political analysts.He said Ahmad Zahid’s recent statements that PAS was always playing safe and “bathing in several ponds” were hints that Umno was firm in its stance not to work with the Islamist party.
“ too much bad blood between them. Plus, PAS is working with Bersatu and working with Umno would mean betraying its Perikatan ally,” he said. “PAS, on the other hand, is obviously not so confident and has thus been wooing Umno, even at the expense of its working relationship with Bersatu. PAS hopes to reach some sort of electoral accommodation with Umno so the two parties do not clash,” he added.
“If PAS decides to end its cooperation with Perikatan, Umno may reconsider having an electoral pact with PAS. As it is, Muafakat is dead. Umno’s position is very clear regarding cooperation with Bersatu.”Tunku Mohar, however, noted that an alliance was still likely in the event of a hung parliament. PAS may have to re-strategise and change its alignment, thus paving way for a post-election coalition.
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