Perikatan faces split over PM pick


ALOR SETAR: The ongoing dispute between PAS and Bersatu over who should be Perikatan Nasional’s prime ministerial candidate risks escalating into a rupture that could break the coalition apart, warn political analysts.

Prof Datuk Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi said calls by PAS leaders, including its influential spiritual leader Datuk Hashim Jasin, for the party to take the lead in Perikatan were driven by PAS’ larger number of parliamentary seats in the Dewan Rakyat.

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