Will PAS confront Muafakat ally Umno in Johor poll? State party deputy chief says ‘open to all possibilities’


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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — PAS has not ruled out the possibility that it could be forced to confront its Muafakat Nasional (MN) ally Umno at the upcoming Johor state election, Islamist party leader Dr Mazri Yahya said today. Dr Mazri, the second-in-command in Johor PAS, said the party feels “all possibilities are open” at the moment, following a stern statement by Umno’s Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed that the two will not collaborate either at the state polls or the 15th general elections. Umno and PAS are still technically in the same MN political pact that was formed to consolidate...