Salleh says PAS wants Mahathir as PN’s de facto leader

PETALING JAYA: A move by Perikatan Nasional to make Dr Mahathir Mohamad an unofficial adviser to a grouping of opposition-led states is aimed at projecting him as the coalition’s de facto leader, a former federal minister said.

Salleh Said Keruak claimed this was why PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin was not invited to a meeting between Mahathir and several leaders from PAS earlier this month.

“It is a brilliant move to put him (Mahathir) at the political forefront again,” said Salleh in a Facebook post.