Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) is setting its sights on the upcoming Sarawak state elections as a platform to elect the new party’s 'first' representative.

Amanah president Mohamad Sabu today said that Amanah will be fielding its candidate in a yet to be identified seat, once the Sarawak state election is called.

"We will try to 'give birth' to our 'first child' in Sarawak.

"The ones we have now, there are people who called them 'surrogate children' ( anak tumpang )," said Mohamad at the opening of Wisma Amanah, the party's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

Mohamad, also known as Mat Sabu, was referring to former PAS MPs who had left the party and later formed Amanah.

The next Sarawak state elections must be held on or before September 20 next year.

Speaking to reporters later, Mohamad said that Amanah in the Peninsular has yet to start any discussions regarding plans to contest in the 14th General Elections.

"We have not discussed (on GE14) because in these first three months, we are only focused on registrations.

"Maybe next year once we have registered all our divisions and branches, we will focus on seats to be contested," he said.

Mohamad insisted that Amanah has not done any seat negotiations in preparation for GE14.

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali had earlier today reiterated that Pakatan Harapan's aim for GE14 would be one-to-one seat contests and that disputes between its allies would have to be resolved.

He was responding to PAS leader Mohd Khairuddin At-Takiri who had demanded that PKR not allow Amanah to contest PAS seats in the next general election.

'Fastest growing party'

In his opening speech, Mohamad also noted that Amanah has the potential to be Malaysia's largest political party within the next two years, with a total membership of over 60,000 members since its launch on Sept 16.

"Amanah is an inclusive party based on principles of Islam as a blessing for all mankind.

"But we will not accept members from the age of 13. There's a party that wants to show it has a lot of members so they accept members from 13-year-olds. After this they will take from kindergarten," he quipped, taking a swipe at PAS’s latest membership drive.

Last week, Sinar Harian reported that the Islamist party launched a movement to recruit party members from as young as 13, as part of efforts to increase its membership.