PAS has reassured its Pakatan Rakyat partners that the party would not abandon the coalition to join Barisan Nasional.Party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, who gave the assurance Saturday, said PAS did not plan to join Umno.
"There is no joining with Umno; none. We are also not entering Barisan," he told reporters after launching the 13th Perak PAS convention here.
Abdul Hadi added that the talks only transpired because Umno had invited PAS to partake in them.
"Kita diajak, bukan kita yang mengajak (we were invited, we did not invite)," he stressed.
"In Islam, when people invite, we say yes," he added.
Abdul Hadi also explained that the PAS-Umno talks were a muqabalah (face-to-face interview) and not a muzakarah (dialogue).
"A muzakarah involves debate. There was no debate during the talks.
"Umno gave us the opportunity to raise our grouses with them and so we did," he said.
Abdul Hadi revealed that PAS told Umno that Barisan needed to undergo changes.
"We also spoke of making changes to the country's judiciary," he said.
On whether the rumours of a split in Pakatan’s upper ranks were true, Abdul Hadi said:
"There is no split. As I said earlier, we were invited for the muqabalah."
In his speech earlier, Abdul Hadi said that PAS, when compared with PKR and the DAP, had faced more "pressures" from the Barisan.
"We have been keeping these grievances in our heart. This is why we were willing to meet with Umno; so we could list down these problems," he said.
Perak PAS commissioner Ahmad Awang, who also attended the opening, reiterated Abdul Hadi's assurance that PAS had no intention of leaving the state Pakatan Rakyat.
"I have received SMSes from some of our leaders asking me if it is true that PAS planned to join Umno.
"I am sure that my answers have laid their worries to rest," he said.
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