00:00Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar was named the opposition leader as the Perikatan National Chairman
00:05represented an ideal compromise between PAS and Bersatu following their recently strained ties,
00:12an analyst said. Asmi Hassan of Academy Nusantara said Bersatu wanted an opposition leader with a
00:19moderate image to help Wu non-Malay voters, while PAS had made no secret of its desire
00:24to have someone from the party appointed to the post. He said Samsuri is part of the professional
00:30faction so that moderate image appeals to Bersatu. Shaza Shukri of the International Islamic University
00:37Malaysia said that PAS often presents Samsuri as an educated technocrat, positioning him in contrast
00:44to the party's more conservative ulama faction. Mazlan Ali of University Technology Malaysia said
00:51a technocrat like Samsuri was a better option than a PAS leader from the ulama faction as religious
00:57scholars are rarely well-versed in governance or a constitution modelled on the British Westminster
01:03system. Samsuri was named opposition leader on Saturday, succeeding Hamza Zainuddin, who was sacked
01:10from Bersatu in February at the height of a leadership tussle with party president Muhyiddin Yassin.
01:16Panyu Zhou, FMT
01:17ap comigo.
01:18Amin.
01:18Namira.
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