MUAR: Former Johor speaker Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi, who had just left Umno, is welcome to join PAS, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar (pic).
The Perikatan Nasional chairman and PAS vice-president said his party welcomes anybody who wants to join it.
“It is up to the said individual whether he wants to be with us.
“Our door is always open,” he said after announcing PAS’s candidates for the upcoming Johor state election at an event in Bakri here on Thursday (June 25).
Earlier, Puad announced his resignation from Umno, insisting the decision was not driven by self-interest but by concerns over what he described as external interference in Johor Umno's affairs.
In a statement Thursday (June 25), the former Johor state assembly speaker said he was leaving the party voluntarily.
Explaining his decision, Puad claimed that Johor Umno no longer had the freedom to make its own decisions.
