Johor PAS is targeting more than 10 seats in the upcoming state election as part of Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) campaign, with its chief saying the party is focused on winnable constituencies rather than contesting as many seats as possible.
The party’s Johor commissioner Tuan Guru Dato’ Dr Mahfodz Mohamed said it was fully prepared for the election and confident of improving on its previous performance, FMT reported.
“Johor PAS is 100 per cent ready for the state election, especially in the areas we intend to contest. We are confident we can increase our number of seats and retain the one state seat (Maharani) we won in the last state election,” he said.
He said PN’s component parties, including Bersatu, Gerakan and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party, were prepared to face the election as a united front.
He also said Pas was open to working with groups outside PN, including the Reset movement founded by former Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, in line with the party’s push for Muslim unity.
“Our aspiration, as emphasised by PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, is to continue efforts towards Muslim unity among Malay-based parties and non-Malay parties that are not extremist.
“That is why we do not want to work only with Bersatu if possible. We want to cooperate with everyone, whether it is the Reset group, Pejuang or others,” he said.
Yesterday, Johor MIPP chairman Dr S. Saswin claimed PN had already activated its election machinery across all 56 state constituencies even before the official dissolution of the state assembly.
Saswin said preparations had been underway months earlier in coordination with other PN component parties, including Bersatu, PAS and Gerakan. – source NST
