PAS elections director Datuk Mustafa Ali said the party’s position as decided by the Majlis Syura means that it can work (ta’awun} with any parties including Umno on any matters related to the interests of Malaysians such as flood relief, the bauxite issue in Pahang, poverty reduction and improvements to the government budget.
Such cooperation with Umno can go beyond mere discussions and sharing of opinions, with Mustafa using the example of floods to say that PAS can provide “human resources” through its volunteer corps Unit Amal while the ruling government provides other resources.
But PAS will not have “political cooperation with Umno and BN” (tahaluf), and will contest against them and DAP and Amanah in the elections, Mustafa said.
“It’ll be a three-corner fight,” he said.
But PAS will not be going against PKR in the elections, Mustafa confirmed, saying: “Let’s say in Selangor there will be seats by PKR against BN, so we won’t contest there, we will help PKR (to campaign). When we contest against BN, PKR can assist us, it’s vice versa.”
When asked how PAS’s electoral contest against DAP and Amanah will affect PKR’s relationship with those two parties, Mustafa said: “PKR will have to think it out, we can discuss, we have political tahaluf (cooperation) with PKR.”
Mustafa pointed out that PAS will not be contesting in every single seat that DAP and Amanah contest in, particularly areas where these parties have a strong foothold.
“For example seats between BN and DAP in a strongly contested DAP area, we will not go in.
No point for us. Likewise I don’t think DAP will contest in Pengkalan Chepa,” he said, referring to the Kelantan parliamentary seat currently held by PAS MP Dr Izani Husin.
Mustafa also said Pakatan Harapan’s coalition agreement was said to be largely similar to the now defunct Pakatan Rakyat’s common pact Buku Jingga with some amendments “here and there”.
Despite Pakatan Harapan’s coalition agreement covering the interests of the Malay community and Islam and with Amanah’s presence in the pact, Mustafa disagreed that Malay voters will opt for Pakatan Harapan.
“The Malays won’t go for DAP. The PAN also don’t take that big a share. They don’t have grassroots support,” he said.- source themalaymailonline
