The support shown by PAS for Hamzah Zainudin, despite the Larut MP’s apparent defiance of his own party president, Muhyiddin Yassin, has been interpreted as a move to “get at” Bersatu.

Political analyst Azmi Hassan from the Nusantara Strategic Research Academy said PAS’ current stance could be linked to the political crisis in Perlis.

In that episode, he said, PAS blamed Bersatu for...