Amanah today denied that a final decision has been made on whether its party would be fielding a candidate on a DAP ticket in Ayer Hitam, Johor.

"No, no, no... it has not been decided," Amanah president Mohamad Sabu told reporters at the Selangor Election Commission’s office in Shah Alam when asked for comments on the reported decision announced by DAP organising secretary Anthony Loke last Saturday.

"We are still discussing," said Mohamad who insisted that no final decision has been on the matter, despite Loke's confirmation that DAP would field its own candidate to contest against MCA deputy president and Ayer Hitam incumbent MP Wee Ka Siong. 

Loke (photo) said the DAP had nixed an earlier plan to let an Amanah candidate contest in Ayer Hitam under its logo, after the rocket party failed to secure an additional state seat during negotiations.

"(We wanted to let an Amanah candidate contest) because Amanah had only two parliamentary seats (in Johor).

"(But) Amanah got 12 state seats which are considered as many, not a few. Because DAP did not get to add one more state seat, then we asked to take Ayer Hitam back," he was quoted as saying.

When contacted today, Loke clarified that an understanding on the Ayer Hitam candidate arrangement was reached at the state Harapan level in Johor but has yet to be brought to its central leadership.

"The understanding was reached at the Johor PH seat negotiation meeting on 18 January in Senai. Despite there is no written agreement, it was an understanding,” he said.

Asked on whether the agreement has been consented by Pakatan Harapan central leadership, Loke replied in the negative.

“But the understanding is reached during Johor negotiation. All in All, the seat is allocated for DAP. The only issue was the candidate.” he told Malaysiakini.

Speculations were rife since earlier last month that an Amanah candidate may contest in Ayer Hitam, which was allocated to the DAP, but using the latter's party logo. 

Amanah leaders have however declined to comment on the speculation.

In the 2013 general election, Wee had defeated PAS' Hu Pang Chow by a 7,310-vote majority. Hu has since joined Amanah.