Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysa (Ikatan) has said it is in the dark over PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man's ceasefire offer to opposition parties.

Ikatan president Abdul Kadir Sheik Fadzir, however, said he has no hard feelings over the matter, and indeed felt Tuan Ibrahim does not need to consult him or Ikatan, which has formed a pact with PAS as a touted 'third force'.

"I think this is in line with PAS' current stand to play the mature and harmonious political game without blindly hitting out," he told Malaysiakini and Free Malaysia Today when met at Malay rights NGO Perkasa headquarters yesterday.

He added that his party has no right to advise PAS – one of the major political forces in the country – on the matter, in any case.

Abdul Kadir also noted that an offer does not necessarily mean a truce can be in effect if faced with those who are uncouth and ill-disciplined.

"Malaysian politics is in a fluid situation; sometimes to join a political party we must observe their ways. If they are too coarse and undisciplined, how can we be make peace with them?

"So, let circumstances dictate where the third bloc will end up," he said.

On Wednesday, Tuan Ibrahim called for a ceasefire amongst opposition parties to stop fighting each other and focus on opposing the BN instead.

The PAS number two said that the opposition must find a compromise and common ground without turning their backs on their separate political principles.

Hadi: Don't be swayed

Tuan Ibrahim's call may be short lived, as PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang made an oblique comment yesterday saying the Islamic party cannot walk hand in hand with either clear enemies or duplicitous friends.

"Stay the course, do not be swayed by either enemies or duplicitous friends; their stained left hand holds on to us, while their right hand latches on to enemies who can turn us away from the true path," Hadi was reported as saying.

However, the PAS president did not refer to any specific party.

Meanwhile, PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan pointed out the ceasefire is not a party stand and it has yet to be discussed.

PAS triggered the fall of the Pakatan Rakyat opposition bloc after it severed ties with DAP after a very public squabble over the implementation of Islamic penal code, hudud.

Pundits noted the move caused the political disintegration and incessant fighting amongst the opposition that Tuan Ibrahim was referring to.

After PAS' exit, DAP and PKR formed Pakatan Harapan with the Islamic party's splinter Parti Amanah Negara as their new partner.