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Malaysia’s Perikatan Nasional rudderless as search for opposition’s new chief deadlocked
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PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (left) and vice-president Samsuri Mokhtar, have had their names bandied about as possible candidates to take over as PN chief.
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- Perikatan Nasional seeks a new chairman after Muhyiddin Yassin's resignation, with PAS wanting to take over but facing internal and external resistance.
- PAS chief Hadi Awang backs Dr Samsuri Mokhtar, but his candidacy is opposed by those favouring a religious scholar or ulama.
- PN's other members insist the opposition coalition must be led by a party president but Muhyiddin is dead set against continuing as chairman.
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KUALA LUMPUR – Three weeks after former premier Muhyiddin Yassin quit as Perikatan Nasional (PN) chief, Malaysia’s main opposition coalition still does not have a new chairman.
Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has signalled its readiness to take over the reins, seeing it as a natural progression given it has more elected representatives across Parliament and the 13 state assemblies than any other party.
