00:00PAS is expected to let Perikata Nacional go dormant without formally dissolving it, as cooperation with UMNO and Bersatu is
00:07no longer seen as viable, according to a political scientist.
00:11Wang Chin Huat of Sunway University said PAS now appears ready to shift course and build a new coalition with
00:17the reset movement led by Hamza Zainuddin, as well as Pajuang and Bajasa.
00:22He said cooperation with UMNO and Bersatu was impossible because both parties were large enough to become significant rivals, while
00:29Pajuang and Bajasa were small and likely to accept PAS's terms in exchange for projecting Malay-Muslim unity.
00:36Wang added that such a coalition would free PAS from negotiating seat allocations with Bersatu and allow its new allies
00:43to contest against Bersatu on their own terms.
00:45It was responding to PAS Treasurer Iskandar Abdul Samad's suggestion that PAS, Pajuang, Bajasa and Reset could form the most
00:53stable platform to advance the Malay-Muslim agenda.
00:56Meanwhile, Asmil Taib of University Science Malaysia said PAS sees itself as capable of operating independently or with other parties,
01:04having realized that losing Bersatu would not significantly affect it.
01:08Asmil said this was shown in the last general election when Bersatu depended heavily on PAS's grassroots machinery, and added
01:15that UMNO's preference to contest SOLO, overlapping seats, and its complex history with PAS would make post-Pian cooperation difficult.
01:23Donish Arjareza, FMT
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