PAS has dismissed the possibility of joining a greater Opposition pact that includes its former Pakatan Harapan partners.
Hashim Jasin (pic), the party’s newly-appointed spiritual leader, said it would have no qualms facing DAP in three-cornered fights.
“If there is a three-way fight, so be it. We do not care. We will contest where DAP is contesting,” he said in a recent interview with the party’s news organ Harakahdaily.
PAS had effectively cut all ties with DAP, and blamed it for initiating the break-up of Pakatan Rakyat.
Hashim, who replaced the late Datuk Dr Haron Din as the party’s spiritual leader, also said that PAS was not afraid of losing to DAP.
“Lose? Losing is normal for us. But we want to portray the image of being their rivals. They thought they are the ones who helped us win, but they must realise that PAS too worked to help DAP win,” he said.
Hashim also blamed DAP for initiating the Pakatan split, claiming that the party did not want to work with PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.
“The one who decided to break up is DAP, because they did not want to work with Hadi.
“This is firm action on our part, we too will not work with DAP,” he stressed.
Because of this, he added, PAS was no longer bound by any agreement with its former allies.
“We needed to follow agreements within Pakatan Rakyat. But now that we are out, we are not restrained anymore,” he added.
