PKR can share seats with Bersatu: Veep

Kuala Lumpur: PKR is willing to give away some of the seats it previously contested to newly founded Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, its vice president Chua Tian Chang said.The Batu MP said Pribumi's request to contest in PKR and PAS constituencies was "natural", and that PKR would be open to rationalising seat allocations with the new party since the two are allies.

"That is natural," Chua, who is among the few PKR leaders actively in talks with the party founded by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, told Malay Mail Online.

"When Keadilan was formed, of course we contested in PAS seats so similarly when they (Pribumi) are formed, we have to rationalise (the seat allocations) because that is the point of a co-operation," he added.

Pribumi could also provide new dynamics that would allow the opposition front to infiltrate areas otherwise unreachable by Pakatan Harapan, Chua said.

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"There is no point to hog the seats that we can't win so if we have the strength, then we should work together to get more seats that are winnable for the opposition," he said.

On Saturday, Pribumi protem president and former deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said his party is looking to contest in several PAS and PKR areas and would be looking to negotiate deals with both parties.

The aim is for the new party to be a part of a coalition to remove Barisan Nasional (BN) from power and form a new government, he added.

Most of the seats contested by PKR in past elections were urban and semi-urban areas with a highly mixed demographic, but the party also went for rural Malay-majority constituencies that PAS failed to win previously.

PAS had since left the opposition bloc after it clashed with secular DAP over its push for hudud law in Kelantan.

The division has triggered concerns that the opposition votes would be split should negotiations fail to prevent PAS from confronting Pakatan Harapan, which comprises PKR, DAP and Parti Amanah Negara, in the upcoming general election.

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But Muhyiddin said his party would be open to negotiations with PAS.

Malay Mail Online could not reach PAS leaders for comment.

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