No agreement to split seats 50-50, say Umno and PAS

PETALING JAYA: There is no agreement within the Umno-PAS pact about the allocation of seats during polls, say Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pic) and Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan, the secretaries-general of Umno and PAS respectively.

"The report by a portal (on seat allocations between Umno and PAS) is a lie.

"The Umno-PAS charter which has been passed by the consultation committee of both parties does not touch about the allocation of seats at all.

"Instead, it has been agreed that Umno and PAS will have their own mechanism.

"All parties are asked not to speculate about the Umno-PAS charter but to wait for its launch on Sept 14, " Annuar and Takiyuddin said in a joint statement on Monday (July 29).

They were refuting a report which said that the two parties would split the seats by 50-50 in the next general election.

Former political rivals Umno and PAS have formed a pact which will be formalised to champion Malay and Muslim unity.