PERIKATAN Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin has dismissed allegations that ties between Bersatu and PAS is akin to ”kahwin mutaah” (contract marriage).

The Bersatu president said the relationship between the two parties was very strong as they were both founders of the coalition.

“Our cooperation is very strong because PAS is also a founder of PN, then Gerakan, Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku and Parti Maju Sabah joined. But the founders are Bersatu and PAS; it is not a contract marriage.

“They (detractors) are saying this because they are (jealous) of our strong support,” he told reporters after the “Sembang Petang Bersama Abah” programme at Taman Sri Stulang today.

He said this when asked to comment on Umno vice-president Mahdzir Khalid’s allegation that ties between Bersatu and PAS in PN were like a contract marriage and thus it was not surprising for leaders of the two parties to issue contradictory statements.

PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan had been reported as saying in Kota Baru yesterday that PN was confident it could form a coalition government with other parties, especially BN, after the general election.

However, Takiyuddin issued a statement today saying his remarks about possible PN-BN cooperation post-election had been taken out of context and the headlines used by several media outlets were misleading.

Muhyiddin reiterated that PN would not enter into an alliance with other parties or coalitions to form the government. – Bernama, November 15, 2022.