Working with PAS will see BN win 32 more seats, says Najib

SM Amin SM Amin Updated 6 years ago · Published on 27 Jul 2019 6:00PM · 4 Comments

Former prime minister Najib Razak says working with PAS will allow BN to win up to 32 parliamentary seats in the next general election. – The Malaysian Insight pic, July 27, 2019.

BARISAN Nasional (BN) can snare up to 32 parliamentary seats from Pakatan Harapan (PH) by working with its former nemesis PAS, said Najib Razak as he pitched the alliance charter to party members today.

The BN adviser said Umno and PAS will not repeat the mistakes it had made at the last general election and will win Putrajaya at the 15th general election.

He said three-cornered fights in GE14 had allowed PAS to win many of the Malay-majority seats in the peninsula.

“When we become one, we believe we can increase our seat count by 32 seats in Parliament. This has spooked the PH government.

“We will work with them. We will ensure there are no three-cornered fights. This will save us. I can see the light at the tunnel,” he told Permatang Pauh Umno delegates today as he opened the party meeting today.

However, Najib did not specify which seats he expected the alliance to snatch back from PH.

Umno and PAS will sign a charter on September 14 that will lead to the establishment of a new Malay-Muslim nationalist opposition pact ahead of GE15, the two parties announced in a joint statement on Thursday.

The charter will be signed by the parties’ respective presidents – Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for Umno and Hadi for PAS – at Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, where Umno holds its annual general assemblies.

The last general election saw BN lose federal power after it picked up 79 parliamentary seats from 222 contested.

Umno won 54 seats but was reduced to 37 after 17 MPs dumped the party and eventually joined splinter Bersatu.

Barisan Nasional won 32 seats out of the 77 parliamentary seats which saw three-cornered fights. PAS took 23 seats while PH won 22.

Najib today beat a positive note for the future, saying there are three elements working in BN’s favour.

“We have an Umno on the rise, we have an agreement with PAS and we also have the ‘bossku’ phenomenon. These three elements will determine the outcome of the next polls,” he said. – July 27, 2019.

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  • One thing is for sure, if the BN-PAS coalition wins the next election... and if Najib is serving time with his buddy Ahmad Zaid Hamidi and all the other 1MDB cronies and crooks, they will all be set free.. then it will be back to the same old problems... but this time it would be 1MDB 2.0 - smarter and more efficient way to siphon billions more ringgit. Jo Low can walk the streets again free from being ever arrested. All govt appointments by PH will be reversed. Apandi May be back to serve as AG 2.0. And the country will be a flourishing testbrd for more new crooks... the era of 1MDB 2.0 will make a new mark in Malaysias financial chapter.

    Posted 6 years ago by Kampung Boy · Reply

  • The future for Malaysia will be very miserable if that will ever happen.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • PAS-UMNO: marriage of convenience for power, nothing else.

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysia Baru 09052018 · Reply

  • The Most Corrupted Clown In the World Sooner To Be In Person For The Rest Of This Corrupted Clown Life. Lying to his Corrupted Clowns Supporters. A Corrupted Clown is a Corrupted Clown Cant Change N Die as a Corrupted Clown.

    Posted 6 years ago by Danial Abdullah · Reply