PRN bukan PRU, Tuan Ibrahim jawab Puad

PAS president Tuan Ibrahim Man clarified to FMT that the PPRN in Terengganu and PRU16 are two separate matters, refuting claims by Puad Zarkashi that the PAS organization lacks consistency in its stance on early elections. The former Umno Central Working Committee member questioned whether the early election proposal would necessitate the party's agreement to the PPRN in Terengganu.

He emphasized that early elections and the PPRN are not synonymous and suggested that Umno members in Perak, Pahang, and Selangor should resign or undermine Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the state government. Tuan Ibrahim also contested the earlier stance of his party on the PPRN, which he once supported, while simultaneously opposing the suggestion to dissolve the Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) in Terengganu earlier.

He questioned the rationale behind PAS's insistence on early elections, arguing that it undermines the party's sincerity in offering political cooperation leading up to PRU16. The former Umno official also highlighted that the proposal to hold a PPRN Terengganu was made by Mohamad Hasan, Umno's deputy president, as a test of PAS's commitment to national unity and to prove the parties' dedication to political cooperation ahead of PRU16.

During the last PPRN Terengganu, Umno failed to win any seats out of 32 DUN contested, and the party also performed poorly in all eight parliamentary seats in the state during PRU15.