A PAS leader has cautioned against elevating Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar to the position of Perikatan Nasional chairperson, warning that the move could cost the Islamist party dozens of parliamentary seats.

In a social media post yesterday, Sungai Buloh PAS chief Zaharudin Muhammad, who is also the son-in-law of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, said internal data and analyses suggested the party could lose as many as 37 parliamentary seats if Samsuri were to replace Muhyiddin Yassin as PN chairperson at this stage.