Despite PAS declaring in May that it was ending all political cooperation with PKR, PKR deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali last week announced another attempt at informal discussions with the Islamist party.

However, Azmin later said the PKR-PAS discussions have nothing to do with Pakatan Harapan, a coalition of four opposition parties that does not include PAS.

In response, PKR’s partners in the coalition have indicated that they, too, want to have nothing to do with PKR's move.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua said this discussion between PKR and PAS is entirely a PKR initiative.