'Pas asks for Jeli, Gua Musang seats' - Amar

KOTA BHARU - Kelantan Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) has agreed to give Pas two out of the eight seats to face the state election, but the decision is not finalised yet.

Central Pas vice-president Datuk Mohd Amar Abdullah said even though the seat allocation had been completed, the two seats were still under discussion.

"We are asking for Jeli and Gua Musang. There are seats that we want and there are also seats that they want.. That's why it's not finalised yet," he told reporters after officiating the Kelantan Maju Carnival today.

He said Pas needed to compete in these areas in order to give moral support to party members.

"We need to have one seat to raise the spirits of Pas members and officers to work during the state election," he said.

He said the candidates who would compete would experience a change of seats between 25 to 30 per cent and this time it involved many professionals.

"My name was also nominated but I leave it to the party to decide," he said.

In the meantime, Amar also informed that the seat allocations for Perikatan Nasional (PN) was already 95 per cent completed nationwide and only a few seats still needed to be negotiated.

Therefore, he said the detailed discussion was necessary so they would have a better chance of winning.

"I was not involved in the distribution but was informed that some seats were overlapping.

"Each state faces the same issue but overall the seat allocation is already 95 per cent completed," he said.

When asked about the claim of a conflict between Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and its secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, Amar said he did not know about it.

"I don't know about that. For me, it's all political nerve attacks and speculations besides people who love to make their own interpretations. That's the problem," he said.