{"id":8674,"date":"2021-03-15T22:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2021-03-15T22:49:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:49:04","slug":"bersatu-umno-crisis-theres-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-tuan-ibrahim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8674","title":{"rendered":"Bersatu-UMNO crisis: There&#8217;s light at the end of the tunnel &#8211; Tuan Ibrahim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PASIR MAS, March 15&nbsp;&#8212;&nbsp;The dispute between Umno and Bersatu&nbsp;will be resolved amicably, said PAS deputy president&nbsp;Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said PAS is confident the conflict&nbsp;between the two parties will be settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe is still light at the end of the tunnel,\u201d he told reporters when asked whether PAS was worried over the tussel&nbsp;between Umno and Bersatu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Environment and Water Minister said this when met&nbsp; after his visit to&nbsp;the landslide area at&nbsp;Dataran Air Muleh, Kampung Pohon Celagi here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the PAS-Umno&nbsp;meeting last week, Tuan Ibrahim said among the topics discussed was&nbsp;on strengthening&nbsp;Muafakat Nasional (MN) cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have indeed been having meetings twice a week. In our meetings we do touch on the general election (GE) but only indirectly,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png\" alt=\"bersatu\" class=\"wp-image-8675\" width=\"495\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png 576w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36-159x100.png 159w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36-350x220.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On claims that Kuala Langat&nbsp;member of Parliament Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar quit PKR because he was&nbsp;involved in a corruption case and wants to avoid prosecution, Tuan Ibrahim said the matter should be handed over to the authorities for further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Leave the investigations to the authorities.&nbsp;We (PAS) must make it clear, there will be&nbsp;no&nbsp;compromise and every allegation must be proven. The court&nbsp;must investigate if it is true that he was&nbsp;involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;However, don&#8217;t make such an accusation&nbsp;each time someone switches party,&nbsp;because several Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) members had also jumped ship (left&nbsp;PAS),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Saturday, Xavier who was former Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister and PKR vice president announced his immediate resignation from his post as he was frustrated&nbsp;with the current political situation in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also decided to become an Independent MP who will support the government bloc under the leadership of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/politics\/news.php?id=1941615\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIR MAS, March 15&nbsp;&#8212;&nbsp;The dispute between Umno and Bersatu&nbsp;will be resolved amicably, said PAS deputy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36-300x189.png",300,189,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-22.46.36.png",576,362,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a>","tag_info":"Nation","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8676,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674\/revisions\/8676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}