Federal Territories Amanah has deplored what it believes to be a sorrowful day for the chapter, after it was not allocated a single seat to contest in the coming general election.

Following Pakatan Harapan’s recent convention, it was announced that out of the 12 Federal Territories seats, PKR and DAP would contest in five each, while Bersatu will contest in the remaining two seats, leaving none for Amanah.

Pointing out how Amanah was also not allocated a single parliamentary seat in Perlis, Federal Territories Amanah Youth chief Nik Abdul Razak Nik Mohd Ridzuan said despite this, Perlis Amanah would apparently be allocated state seats to contest in.

“The Federal Territories, however, do not have a state seat. They're all parliamentary,” he pointed out.

Adding that participating in elections was the main reason why political parties were established, Abdul Razak said the decision to not allocate any seats for Federal Territories Amanah to contest in will have a big impact on its survival.

“Realising this, Federal Territories Amanah Youth will do whatever it can to obtain at least one Federal Territory parliamentary seat.

“We will urge the Amanah national leadership towards this goal until our efforts bear fruit.”

Abdul Razak said the division will continue to remain committed to Harapan and to strengthen the unity among its component parties in the run-up to the next general election.

Yesterday, an Amanah source told Malaysiakini that Federal Territories Amanah chief Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli (photo) was set to resign, after the party was not allocated a single parliamentary seat in Kuala Lumpur.

However, when contacted, Hatta denied that he would be resigning, though he refused to elaborate on the matter.

This is not the only problem Harapan is facing when it comes to Amanah.

In Johor, Amanah will only be allowed to contest two seats, namely Parit Sulong and Pulai.

Amanah sources told Malaysiakini that as soon as the Harapan meeting at the Bersatu headquarters in Petaling Jaya was concluded, the Amanah central leadership had convened another meeting with its Johor leaders at the Amanah headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

There, Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub (photo), who is also from Johor and will contest the Pulai seat, took pains to placate an angry Johor Amanah chief Aminolhuda Hassan.

The meeting went on late into night and Salahuddin appeared visibly tired at the Harapan convention on Sunday for which he arrived late.

Mahathir, after the convention yesterday, credited the central Amanah leaders for being magnanimous in the seat allocation discussions.

Meanwhile, Titiwangsa Amanah also expressed its disappointment with the seat allocation decision.

A source within the party, who declined to be named, said Amanah had started its groundwork in Titiwangsa to face the general election two years ago.

The source expressed hope that the party’s top brass would urge the Harapan leadership to allocate at least one seat to Federal Territories Amanah, that being the Titiwangsa seat.

This was because Harapan’s seat allocation decisions were based on the previous general election, during which PAS had contested in both Titiwangsa and Putrajaya.