Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein is sceptical of PAS' move to allow, with conditions, non-Muslim candidates to contest under its symbol in the next general election.

hishammuddin hussein 160310 pc at parliament Hishammuddin ( left ), who is also home minister, said he hoped it would not work "because people will only decide (to contest) based on temporary short-term political considerations".     

"The people know PAS' track record. The very people who are proposing it now are the same people who would never before even dream of doing so. They will have problems within their own party.   

"Inconsistencies, just to accommodate political expediency, are not going to help PAS in the long run. (In the case of) BN, Umno, good or bad, at least we have been consistent," he told a press conference here today.     

PAS today announced that the party would allow non-Muslim candidates contesting on a PAS ticket to use the party symbol in the next general election, but with conditions.       

- Bernama