PMTG PAUH While Penang PAS Youth is upset with PKR Youth over comments against their party chief Abdul Hadi Awang, PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat was caught looking chummy with the 'enemy' on Twitter .

When asked to explain the photograph of him and Penang PKR Youth deputy chief Khairil Anuar Kamarudin looking on the best of terms, Suhaizan said he was only trying to help mend the worsening relationship between the two Youth wings.

"I wanted to be the mediator between the two. Actually (the remark about Hadi) was just Khairil's personal opinion, so I thought the solution would be for them to meet," Suhaizan told Malaysiakini today.

Suhaizan's ( right ) explanation comes after national PKR Youth deputy chief Afif Bahardin posted the photo on Twitter yesterday in the midst of the acrimony.

Cracks between Penang PAS Youth and Penang PKR Youth widened further after Penang PAS Youth chief Mohd Yusni Mat Piah said they decided to boycott the Permatang Pauh by-election after Penang PKR Youth failed to apologise for "insulting" PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Yusni said the wing’s operations rooms would be closed and election workers would not be deployed for the by-election.

Khairil is the man in the spotlight as he was the one who had called on Hadi to resign over talk that PAS was in cahoots with Umno.

Meanwhile, Suhaizan said the initial plan was for him to negotiate with both quarters on the matter.

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"But the meeting did not materialise because Yusni believes that he can solve the problem himself," he said.

Suhaizan, who said he had no personal problems with the two men, added that Khairil had agreed to the meeting.

Stressing that PAS Youth conforms to the decision made by the PAS central committee on April 13 to fully support Pakatan Rakyat's Permatang Pauh by-election candidate (Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail), Suhaizan said PAS Youth would still assist in the campaigns.

“Although Yusni said Penang PAS Youth will not cooperate, we still provide space for those who want to help out.

“If there are those who want to assist, they can register themselves at the operations room at the Permatang Pasir assemblyperson's office,” he said.

Those interested could refer to PAS by-election operations director Mujahid Yusof Rawa and Youth operations director Mohd Sany Hamzan, Suhaizan added.