PAS should not interfere in Pakatan Harapan matters, says Selangor Amanah chairman Izham Hashim
Selangor Amanah chairman Izham Hashim said when it came to the distribution of election seats, especially ones claimed by PKR, Amanah, who is also part of PH, should be the one to deal with it, not PAS.
Izham was responding to PAS vice-president Iskandar Abdul Samad, who described Amanah as an “untrustworthy party” as it wished to contest in PKR’s seats in the next general election. Iskandar said this was akin to “stealing”.
“The issue of Amanah’s alleged plan to contest in some of PKR’s seats is actually in line with the changes in the nation’s political landscape.
“It may happen in the form of seat exchange among PH-PPBM components. But it will be decided jointly among us at a meeting.
“Iskandar need not worry about this and, instead, he should focus on the distribution of seats among PAS’ Gagasan allies,” he said in a statement today.
Izham was referring to PAS’ alliance with Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia led by former minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir.
The tit for tat between PAS and Amanah leaders began when the latter’s communication director, Khalid Samad, announced the party’s plan to contest in 40 parliamentary seats in the 14th general election.
He said some of the seats the party targeted were previously contested by PAS, while others by PKR.
This prompted an immediate response by PAS leaders who said Amanah was trying to “steal” seats claimed by its own ally.
Izham denied this and said PAS was the one who stole its allies’ seats back in the 2013 general election, before the demise of Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
“It’s not Amanah but PAS that had stolen seats when the latter contested in seven PKR seats in the last general election, even after signing a mutual agreement (with PR component parties),” he added.
In Selangor, PAS won 15 state seats, the same number as DAP, while PKR bagged just 13.
However, after PR was declared “dead”, two of the Islamic party’s state assemblymen left to join Amanah, a party formed by PAS’ progressive leaders who fell out with its president Abdul Hadi Awang.
PAS has insisted to never again work with Amanah and DAP, saying the two parties had betrayed it.
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