From Terence Netto
It comes as no surprise that PAS has signalled it wants the top post in Perikatan Nasional.
Its 43 parliamentary seats, compared to Bersatu’s 25, make its candidate for the prime ministership of the country a certainty for the post should PN win GE16, due in early 2028.
Of course, the opposition coalition will have to win more parliamentary seats than it did in GE15 to make the government.
And PAS would have to increase its present tally of 43 seats to solidify its claim to the PM’s post.
PAS’s PN partner, Bersatu, at its AGM last week, made no bones about who it wants as its PM designate.
It is Muhyiddin Yassin, the country’s PM from March 2020 to August 2021, during which time he steered a ruling coalition cobbled from the ruins of a defection-ravaged Pakatan Harapan government.
PAS, keen to see PH self-destruct, went along with the Muhyiddin, and later Ismail Sabri (August 2021 to October 2022) interregnums before GE15 had to be called in November…