PeTALING JAYA: Outgoing Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) chief executive officer Wan Saiful Wan Jan is likely to join Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia and contest in the general election. But the party has not confirmed anything with me.”Talk is rife that Wan Saiful will join Pribumi, which is headed by Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and contest a seat in Johor or Kedah. “In the same week the column was published, several unexpected conversations took place with leaders of different political parties,” Wan Saiful said, adding that this led to his decision to quit PAS. He said his switch from a think tank head to politician “is to improve the quality of our political debate”. “I intend to at least try to change that trajectory,” added Wan Saiful, who leaves IDEAS tomorrow.

Source: The Star February 26, 2018 23:15 UTC