Penanti: Pakatan Rakyat a united front

Whatever differences they had were things of the past. Pakatan Rakyat component parties are now ready to take on the might of Umno and Barisan Nasional as a united front in this month's Penanti by-election in Penang.

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Claiming this, PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim played down the differences that existed and said they were normal minor problems that would occur in any political coalition.

"I will gladly say that whatever differences in opinions and views expressed by Pakatan leaders at local and national-level on the Penanti by-election are now resolved.

"All Pakatan parties and leaders will be firmly united to back PKR. Pakatan will together fight our common foe to win in Penanti," the parliamentary opposition leader told some 500 Penanti voters in Yayasan Aman, Permatang Pauh last night.

Indicating that PAS Permatang Pauh would not field a candidate of its own to contest in Penanti, Anwar said he had personally met PAS state commissioner Mohd Salleh Man and resolved the matter amicably.

“Salleh Man has assured me that PAS would fully back PKR in this contest,” he said, without deliberating much on what transpired.
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