After PAS, Shafie’s party also snubbing Pakatan meet

(MMO) – Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal’s Parti Warisan Sabah will not attend Pakatan Harapan’s inaugural convention, the second to decline the invitation to the event meant to rally the all opposition parties under a single umbrella.

Warisan deputy president Darell Leiking said his party already has programmes arranged for when the convention will be held.

“We were invited but somehow it clashed with our pre-planned event which we had planned weeks ahead.

“As a new Sabah-based opposition party, we need to be on home ground to garner support for our party. All leaderships from top to bottom are assigned everywhere in big or small movements,” he told Malay Mail Online.

When asked whether the party has plans to meet the national opposition pact, Leiking said they already met everyday during the current Parliament meeting.

The inaugural Pakatan Harapan assembly has been off to an inauspicious start, with PAS rejecting the invitation to attend and Parti Pribumi president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin reportedly delaying plans to sign a “cooperation agreement” with the pact.

The Star newspaper today reported that the former deputy prime minister wanted more time to consider other options for his party, despite reportedly agreeing to the plan on Tuesday.

PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan yesterday said his party rejected the invitation extended by PKR as the Islamist party was neither part of Pakatan Harapan nor willing to renew ties with DAP.