00:00PAS Deputi Presiden Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has come to the defense of Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
00:06after a party leader claimed that Perikatan Nasional would falter if led by the Terengganu Menteri Besar.
00:13Dismissing the notion that PAS was at risk of losing up to 37 parliamentary seats,
00:18Tuan Ibrahim said the statement by Sungai Buluh PAS Chief Zaharuddin Muhammad was his personal view and did not represent the party stand.
00:26He said the performance of the Terengganu government and PAS's state chapter under Samsuri's leadership
00:33proved that Zaharuddin's claim was anything but true, Rita Harin reported.
00:38Zaharuddin, the son-in-law to PAS Presiden Abdul Hadi Awang, had cautioned against nominating Samsuri,
00:44a PAS Vice President, as PN Chairman to replace Muhyiddin Yassin who stepped down on January 1.
00:50He instead suggested that Tuan Ibrahim take over the PN Chairman's ship
00:54and be made the coalition's prime minister candidate for its 16th general election campaign.
01:00Khadija Juno, FMT.
