WARISAN president Mohd Shafie Apdal today confirmed that the party would cooperate with youth party Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda).

He said the party leadership would also consider the possibility of other alliances, including with Anwar Ibrahim-led Pakatan Harapan (PH) and former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Pejuang.

“At the moment, we have only a political alliance with Muda. The rest we have not decided yet.

“That does not mean we have closed the door on other parties. We have not closed the door but we must ensure (the party) we work with is in tandem with our fight we want our voters to see across the country,” Shafie said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur after the launch of Parti Warisan today.

Last week, Shafie said Muda was welcome to use the Warisan logo for the next general election, if Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s party failed to get registered.

However, on Tuesday, Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the Home Ministry to register Muda within a fortnight.

Shafie, the Semporna MP, said the decision to work with Muda was to make their base on the peninsula stronger. 

“We have to look to strengthen our house base before we look at working with others,” he quipped.

Meanwhile, the former Sabah chief minister said his party will continue to work together with other opposition parties in Parliament, taking into consideration the interests of the people, but that those parties must share Warisan’s values.

He said this is to ensure checks and balances.

“We don’t want a situation where the other party is carrying ‘Covid-19’ and then spreading the virus to us,” he said, using an analogy. 

“We will also lose then. We must be consistent, honest and blunt.

“If we want to bring changes, we must change. If they don’t subscribe to that sort of value, we have to look at other options,” he said. 

Warisan has positioned itself as a centre-spectrum party, as opposed to right-wing Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional, and left-wing Pakatan Harapan. – December 17, 2021.