SUNGAI PETANI: Gerakan has confirmed that the party has been in talks with certain PKR leaders from various levels, over their possible crossovers.
Its president Datuk Dominic Lau said the party is open to accepting anyone as long as they accepted Gerakan's ideologies and fights for the people.
He was tight-lipped on who these PKR leaders were. However, he confirmed that the party had not personally spoken to PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.
Talks have been rife that Azmin and his followers may join Gerakan.
Azmin's political secretary Muhammad Hilman Idham had denied such rumours, claiming that they were spread by Azmin's opponents.
“We have been in talks with these PKR leaders even before the sex video scandal, allegedly involving Azmin, came about. However, I won't know if they are representing Azmin or otherwise.
“We have discussed the strong possibility of them joining Gerakan. In politics, nothing is impossible," Lau told the New Straits Times here today. Earlier, he was in Taman Patani Jaya here to talk on a toxic waste issue affecting the people.
Asked if the PKR leaders the party had talked to include those "at the top", Lau said: "Don't ask me that... suffice to say at all levels.”
Lau said those PKR leaders were considering joining Gerakan due to it being a multi-racial party, just like PKR.
”You have to know that not all of Azmin's followers are Malays. So when we meet during functions, we talk to each other, exchange ideas and explore possibilities. And one of the topics often discussed is them joining Gerakan," he added.
Gerakan had quit Barisan Nasional (BN) soon after the 14th General Election. The historic general election saw Pakatan Harapan ending BN’s six decades of power at the federal-level.
Gerakan’s exit from BN had also come in the wake of four Sarawak parties leaving the coalition. They included Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) and Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP).
These parties formed a new coalition called Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS).