KHAIRY Jamaluddin had been unsure about whether he wanted to be part of the increasingly cosy ties between PAS and Umno. Suraya, who is Sungai Tiang assemblyman, told him that “we need the alliance” and that without PAS, Umno had little chance of returning to power in Kedah. They have ranged from smaller ceramah like the one in Pendang to a mammoth rally in Kuantan last weekend where Datuk Seri Hadi Awang and Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan were the star attractions. These are powerful optics from the Malay heartland that are sending shudders through the cafe society on the peninsula’s west coast. “Together, our voice is bigger,” said Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin who is Lanchang assemblyman in Pahang.

Source: The Star May 04, 2019 23:03 UTC