Khairy says no to Umno-PAS merger

Kamles Kumar Kamles Kumar Updated 7 years ago · Published on 21 Nov 2018 1:41PM · 4 Comments

Khairy Jamaluddin says that while both Umno and PAS represent Malays and Islam, they are fundamentally different. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, November 21, 2018.

UMNO and PAS should continue to work together on issues of common interest, but should not formalise the cooperation with a merger, said former Umno youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy said while both parties represent Malays and Islam, they hold different ideologies.

“It should not be formalised. I’m not for a merger. I don’t think it can happen anyway, we are fundamentally different parties,” he told reporters when met at Parliament today.

“We can cooperate on certain issues. We can cooperate tactically. There is not going to be a formal collation or merger. We agree on certain things like ICERD (International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination),” said Khairy.

The Rembau MP commended PAS for not placing a candidate against Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan in the Rantau by-election.

“I thank PAS for deciding to sit out of it. I hope PAS voters will give support to Hasan. This is good news for us. We do not want to have spoiler votes,” Khairy said.

A special elections court ruled last Friday that the Rantau election was invalid and Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan was ordered to vacate the seat.

A date for the by-election will be set by the Election Commission if no party files an appeal within 14 days of the ruling. – November 21, 2018.

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  • Khairy ...now seriously I thought you were more learned than to not to accept that all should be equal without discrimination. Did you go to an institution that thought you these values or did umno reverse it for you to be discriminatory? If they did, shame on you and what a waste !!

    Posted 7 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman · Reply

    • Waste not your breath in telling him that. He chose to be the 3 monkeys for self serving cause.

      Posted 7 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • From the GE14 experience, Hassan should get more votes if PAS and Zahid are out of the election campaign. These losers are bound to do Hassan a disservice if they appear during the campaign.

    Posted 7 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Hello Khairy
    How to merge PAS and UMNO?
    UMNO is near to death now.
    PAS is about life after death.
    Tak sama lah

    Posted 7 years ago by SmartTraveler * · Reply