KOTA BARU: PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said today that the Umno-Pas cooperation announced yesterday will not work.
He said the people were unlikely to support Umno which had done much damage to the country, especially by way of corruption.
“This (Umno-Pas cooperation) is a political strategy but, believe me, the people have decided to reject Umno in the last general election.
“How can a party rejected by the people forge an alliance with Pas? However, the choice is theirs,” he told reporters after a meeting with Kelantan PKR leaders here. Also present was Kelantan PKR chairman Datuk Seri Supardi Md Noor.
Yesterday, Umno and Pas announced they had formalised their cooperation for the sake of uniting the 'ummah' (community).
In SINTOK (Kedah), Bersatu Supreme Leadership Council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan said the Umno-Pas cooperation was seen as a desperate move to face every by-election and he believed that it would not last until the next general election.
He said the cooperation raised questions if it was actually forged on the basis of political struggle or because there was a flow of funds from Umno to Pas, in reference to the RM90 million Umno allegedly gave to Pas leaders.
“If the cooperation was for the betterment of the country, why was it not forged during the last general election and only now, when they are desperate?” he told reporters after a talk show on the nation’s future at Universiti Utara Malaysia here.
Wan Saiful said he was sure that many Pas supporters would be disappointed with the Umno-Pas cooperation.
Nevertheless, he said, Pakatan Harapan could not take this cooperation lightly and should always strive to strengthen cooperation among its component parties. -Bernama