00:00An analyst says PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang may be preparing the ground to admit Hamza Zainuddin
00:06and his supporters into perikata national. Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri of Global
00:12Asia Consulting said PAS likely sees Hamza as someone who could strengthen PN's grassroots
00:17support, political strategy, and federal experience. Hadi said PAS may contest the next general
00:23election without Bursatu, citing several unsatisfactory moves, including Bursatu blocking
00:29efforts to bring more Malay Muslim parties into PN. Hamza, the former opposition leader and
00:35Bursatu deputy president, was sacked in February during a leadership tussle with party president
00:40Muhyiddin Yasin. Meanwhile, Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara said, PAS has long been dissatisfied
00:46with Bursatu and is worried that its internal crisis is damaging voter confidence in PN.
00:52However, Mazlan Ali of University Technology Malaysia said Hamza and his allies could end
00:58up replacing Bursatu as PAS's main partner in the new opposition front.
01:02Separately, Shahzai Shukri of International Islamic University Malaysia said PAS realizes
01:08it has been receiving the short end of the stick in its partnership with Bursatu and is
01:12now keeping its political options open, including with UMNO.
01:16Donish Rajan Reza, FMT.
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