PETALING JAYA: PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has confirmed that leaders from his party and Umno met recently.
The Marang MP, however, played down the meeting on Thursday night, calling it just a “regular meeting”.
“It was a normal meeting. Whoever wants to meet us, we will meet.
“Yes, I was informed of the meeting. I was not involved, but they informed me about it,” he told reporters at Masjid Rusila, Terengganu.
Abdul Hadi said this in response to the media when asked to confirm the meeting amid growing speculation of a revival of Muafakat Nasional.
When asked about efforts to revive Muafakat Nasional, Abdul Hadi said that was “just an opinion”.
“Our concept, first, is to have Malay-Muslims lead the country.
“Secondly, we must take into account the multiracial non-Muslim community. They cannot be sidelined,” he said.
Separately, he said a decision on whether PAS will continue its cooperation with Bersatu is expected to be known on Monday.
He said the party’s Syura Council had previously deliberated on the matter and had left it to the party’s central committee to determine the appropriate course of action.
“God willing, we will discuss everything on Monday,” he said.
On the Johor state election, he said PAS is studying the matter, including the candidates and seats to be contested.
“We will hear a briefing from Johor PAS on Monday and will decide after that,” he said.
Asked if PAS would be contesting all seats, Hadi said it is yet to be determined.
“Not necessarily, we will see the rationale,” he said.
Meanwhile, on the Negri Sembilan state election, he said PAS is likely to contest more than the three incumbent seats it currently holds.
“We have won three seats there, and there are also seats where we lost by a slim margin, fewer than 1,000 votes,” he said.
