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Kit Siang: PAS can't win 40 seats without Umno pact
Published:  May 16, 2017 9:36 AM
Updated: 2:24 AM
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PAS' aim to win 40 parliament seats and five states is not possible, unless it has an agreement with Umno, DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang said.

"If the history of past general elections is any guide, it is unlikely that in multi-cornered electoral contests in the 14th general elections, PAS could win more than half a dozen parliamentary seats.

"It would be a different scenario, however, if there is some electoral arrangement or alliance between PAS and Umno, whether at the parliamentary, state or a mixture of parliamentary and state assembly contests," Lim said in a statement today...

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