Both Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) and PAS have been sending conflicting signals over ongoing talk of a political tie-up in preparation for the 14th general election.

PAS seems adamant that if Bersatu wanted to court them in political marriage, the new party should divorce both DAP and Amanah, reported Sinar Harian today.

"If Bersatu intends to join with PAS in a political coalition, they should not have any relations with other parties, that is clear," PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan was reported reiterating in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

He insisted this has always been PAS' policy that anyone who wants to talk to them must sever ties with DAP, which the party has accused of being anti-Islam, and is its political nemesis, and Amanah, which is a PAS splinter comprising party liberals who left the party last year after the rise of the conservative faction.

However PAS appears to have made an exception for PKR, with which it has political ties despite PKR close relationship with DAP and Amanah as partners in Pakatan Harapan.

Muhyiddin: No conditions given

Bersatu appears oblivious to PAS' requirement, according its president Muhyiddin Yassin's speech yesterday, which Sinar also reported in a separate article.

"We have agreed to a one-plus-three cooperation (PKR, DAP and Amanah) between Bersatu and Pakatan Harapan; we have also received signals from our friend (PAS), they invited us to sit down and talk on how to work together.

"We agreed and sat in a discussion with them, and there was no terms that if we want to work with PAS, we cannot work with DAP or Amanah," Muhyiddin was reported saying in his speech while opening the Kedah Bersatu headquarters in Alor Setar.

However Muhyiddin admitted talks with PAS is still in its infancy and has neither taken concrete shape nor form.

He hoped the talks will lead to a wider alliance that will bridge the political gap and create a one-plus-one-plus-three alliance of five opposition heavyweights that can trounce the BN in the electoral ring.