K KANGSAR POLLS Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) today stressed that it is not at war with other opposition parties.

Perak Amanah chairperson Asmuni Awi said the party instead aimed to replace BN and to ensure its candidate won the Kuala Kangsar by-election.

“If there are still parties participating in this by-election that continue to attack us, I ask that you focus your attacks on BN because Pakatan Harapan is not the one governing Malaysia, neither do we govern Perak.

“There's no point for you to train your guns at us, please train your guns at the right target - Umno/BN, not us,” Asmuni said in a press conference held at Amanah’s Kuala Kangsar headquarters today.

Asked whether his plea was made specifically to PAS, Asmuni simply said that the press could guess for themselves.

He, however, rejected suggestions that Amanah would retaliate should PAS continue to attack it.

“We don't want to be at war with other opposition parties. We don't have the time, actually.

“We are focusing on issues involving the rakyat. That's why we find it strange why they continuously attack us,” he said.

It is unclear when PAS trained their guns at Amanah, as the Islamist party's campaigning is still at a slow pace. PAS has yet to hold any ceramah session.

DAP, on the other hand, had admitted that it put up inflammatory banners against BN and PAS in Sekinchan, Sungai Besar.

A billboard merged the faces of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, MCA chief Liow Tiong Lai and Umno president Najib Abdul Razak into a kind of triple Siamese twin.
The image was captioned in Malay and Chinese with the slogan: "BN, PAS Sehati Sejiwa, Rasis Rasuah Sama Sekali" (BN, PAS One Heart One Soul, Racist and Corrupt One and All).

AS BN is in a relatively comfortable position in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar due to the multi-cornered contests, both Amanah and PAS seem to be gunning for second place.

Winning the second position, at least, would be significant as this would be a benchmark for both parties going into the next general election.