{
  "id": 537602,
  "title": "Did PH leadership discuss PN, Bersatu alliance, DAP man asks Amirudin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/did-ph-leadership-discuss-pn-bersatu-alliance-dap-man-asks-amirudin-537602",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T05:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/08/11/did-ph-leadership-discuss-pn-bersatu-alliance-dap-man-asks-amirudin"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DAP deputy secretary-general Ramkarpal Singh has requested that Pakatan Harapan (PH) election director Amirudin Shari clarify his remarks suggesting the coalition remains open to working with Perikatan Nasional (PN) or Bersatu. Singh questioned whether this matter had been discussed or decided within PH's presidential council, emphasizing that DAP had never considered such alliances. He asserted that DAP had not raised this issue at any level and called for an immediate clarification to avert any potential confusion.\n\nSingh also stated that DAP could not form any cooperation with PAS, the current chair of PN, following PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's allegation that DAP harbors an anti-Malay-Muslim agenda. This baseless claim, according to Singh, proves that cooperation between DAP and PAS is currently impossible. Yesterday, Amirudin had stated that PH had not ruled out cooperation with PN or Bersatu, provided that prospective partners upheld political stability and the people's interests.",
  "summary": "Ramkarpal Singh says his party is unaware of the matter and that working with PAS isn’t an option after its ‘anti-Islam’ accusation against DAP.",
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        "title": "Did PH leadership discuss PN, Bersatu alliance, DAP man asks Amirudin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/did-ph-leadership-discuss-pn-bersatu-alliance-dap-man-asks-amirudin",
        "published": "2026-08-11T05:31:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}