Malaysia's PAS Severs Ties with Bersatu, Threatening Opposition Pact
Malaysia's PAS party has severed ties with Bersatu, throwing the fate of the opposition pact Perikatan Nasional into question. This move creates turmoil within the country's opposition bloc.
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Malaysia’s opposition bloc in turmoil as PAS cuts ties with Bersatu
Malaysia’s most powerful Islamist party has cut ties with a former electoral ally, blowing open a bitter feud within the country’s main opposition bloc as several key elections loom. Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) president Abdul Hadi Awang announced late on Monday that the party’s central working committee had decided to “terminate political cooperation with Bersatu”, endorsing an earlier decision by its Syura Council, the party’s highest religious decision-making body. The partnership ha...
By Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Read full article →Malaysia’s PAS severs ties with Bersatu, throwing opposition pact PN's fate into question
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia’s president Abdul Hadi Awang said the decision took into account the state of relations between the two parties.
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