Federal alliance with PAS no threat to GPS in Sarawak, say analysts

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GPS leaders at a gathering in Sarawak. The party is part of the new federal government.(Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: A political analyst has played down fears that cooperation between GPS and PAS at the federal level will see the Islamist party make inroads into Sarawak at the expense of the state’s ruling coalition. “PAS is too focused on states like Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah, and I doubt it even rates its chances of winning support in Sarawak which is multiracial and where non-Muslims form the majority,” said Universiti Malaya’s Awang Azman Pawi. He said that in Sarawak, Muslim Bumiputeras still backed PBB, the lynchpin of GPS. “This means PAS will not be able to bring their agenda to Sarawak,” Awang Azman said, adding also that PAS was unlikely to contest there as both parties are components of the ruling federal coalition. Awang Azman PawiOn the other hand, he said, GPS was…