“PAS needs to admit that Umno has requested seat negotiations, but PAS has not entertained such requests,” said Khairuddin on Facebook, adding that “this mistake needs to be rectified”.

He said MN can work, on the condition that both parties agree to officially cooperate, and that talks to negotiate seats should not stop halfway.

Khairuddin also said the two parties should not let Bersatu, which has a small number of members, drive a wedge between them.

For the alliance to work, he said, both parties must also not interfere with each other’s internal affairs.

“Don’t repeat the 1978 mistake where one party interfered in the internal elections of the other, causing a breakdown in cooperation between the two,” he said.

Earlier today, PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin said the party was not ready to end its alliance with Umno.

In an Utusan Malaysia report, Hashim said PAS had always adhered to the charter’s agreement, adding that MN would provide the best chance of success for both parties at the 15th general election (GE15).

Last week, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi again dismissed the possibility of working with PAS at GE15.

Describing PAS as “two-faced” and indecisive, Zahid said Umno had given the party several chances to abide by the terms of the charter.

Umno and PAS leaders have been at odds for a year over the future of MN, formed in 2019 by the two major Malay-Muslim parties to challenge Pakatan Harapan, which was then in power.

However, Zahid and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang later disagreed about whether to accept Bersatu into the alliance. PAS and Umno splinter-party Bersatu are partners in Perikatan Nasional.

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