KUALA LUMPUR – “PASLeaks” is the work of those who do not want Muafakat Nasional (MN) to be reactivated, and who want to increase the hatred of certain groups in Umno towards PAS, said former Umno Putrajaya division deputy chief Datuk Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz.
He said PASLeaks, which has gone viral on social media, were not the minutes of a meeting or any planning, but notes that were made by someone unknown, and with no proof as to whether its content is true or exaggerated.
Tun Faisal, who is also the press secretary to Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa, said that for Umno, PASLeaks aimed to reignite the polemics of two groups, which he called “Umno Go Solo’ and “Muafakat Ummah”.
“Supporters of Muafakat Ummah should surely handle the unsourced news with care. It is better to ask PAS and see how strong its agenda of consensus to defeat enemies with different ideologies remains,” he said in a post on his Facebook page today.
He said for the supporters of this group, MN could still be reactivated so as to ensure the goal of winning a two-thirds majority in the 15th general election (GE15).
Tun Faisal said that the unverified news fulfils the wishes of supporters of “Umno Go Solo”, having been disseminated widely to Umno members together with the accusation that it is the minutes of a PAS meeting to destroy Umno.
“The end goal is that Umno must hate PAS. MN must be buried deeply, and only by contesting solo can Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) achieve an absolute victory of a two-thirds majority.
“This is because Umno is currently in a very strong position and, as evident from the previous two state by-elections, the people have accepted Umno and it can win big if GE15 is held now,” he said.
Tun Faisal reminded the relevant parties to make the right considerations before pushing for GE15 to be held.
He noted that during GE14, the prime minister’s special officer was confident that BN would win with a two-thirds majority and celebrated prematurely at 6.30pm on polling day, even though the Special Affairs Department predicted that BN would lose and only win a maximum of 90 seats.
Previously, several documents, supposedly minutes of a PAS meeting that contained a plan or action to topple Umno and BN, were leaked and went viral on social media. – Bernama, April 24, 2022
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