00:00PAS's plan to contest 16 seats in the upcoming Malacca state election signals a shift away
00:06from Brasatu and towards a bloc aligned with former Brasatu Deputy President Hamza Zainuddin,
00:11according to an analyst. University of Technology Malaysia's Maslan Ali said ties between PAS and
00:17Brasatu have grown increasingly strained, citing the prolonged impasse over the Perikatan national
00:23chairmanship and continuing disputes over the opposition leader's post. He said PAS's decision
00:28to double the number of seats it contested in the 2021 Malacca polls suggests the party is giving
00:34less weight to Brasatu and positioning itself closer to Hamza's reset bloc. Earlier this week,
00:41Malacca PAS Chief Zulkifli Ismail announced that the party will contest 16 of the 28 seats in the state
00:47election, all but one of which are currently held by Barisan Nacional. In the 2021 Malacca polls,
00:54PAS contested eight seats under the PN banner while Brasatu contested 15 and Garakan 5.
01:00Maslan said PAS's decision to expand into seats previously contested by Brasatu signaled a loss of
01:06confidence in Muhyiddin Yassin's leadership and indicated that the party now viewed Hamza as more
01:11influential. Asmi Hassan of Academy Nusantara also believes PAS is moving to align with Hamza's reset
01:18movement but warned that it could be taking a major risk in a state where UMNO remains strong. Natasha Bust,
01:25FMT.
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