The fight for the Malay heartland is underway with a PAS-UMNO coalition posing a realistic threat to unseating the current Pakatan Harapan ...
UMNO Deputy President Mohamed Hasan was quoted as saying that the two parties started dating in the Sungai Kandis by-election, got engaged in Seri Setia, and are now prepared to tie the knot.
They also point to the PH government’s initial agreement to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Rome Statute, as attempts to clip the wings of the Malay rulers and eliminate policies that have privileged the Malay community.On a more practical level, leaders of UMNO and PAS are convinced that this alliance could secure an electoral victory in the next general election.
UMNO is also convinced that the Gabungan Parti Sarawak would support an UMNO-PAS coalition government, which would allow the coalition to form a government comfortably.The PAS-UMNO coalition would not be without any challenges. First, even if party leadership is convinced, the two parties will need to persuade their members to support a party they each had previously considered to be an enemy.
An example of this is the parliamentary seat of Besut currently held by Idris Jusoh, former Menteri Besar of Terengganu and UMNO party member. The PAS candidate, Riduan Mohd Noor, a rising star within the party, lost the seat by less than 5 percentage point and is expected to win the seat given PAS’ strong performance in governing Terengganu.Third, sharp differences could emerge over the fielding of candidates in PH seats where the combined votes for UMNO and PAS exceeded that of PH.
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