SNAPSHOT | Govt mulls oil from Africa, Russia, US; PAS states retain Bersatu exco members

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Energy crisis

• Putrajaya is considering importing fuel from Africa, Turkiye, and Russia amid continued instability in West Asia, said Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Nasir.

  Free Malaysia Today also quoted Akmal (above) as saying that crude oil from the US and refined petroleum from Singapore may also be considered as alternative fuel sources.

Politics

• Bersatu exco members in PAS-led states are expected to continue their duties as usual despite the Islamist party’s decision to terminate political cooperation between the two parties.

  According to a Bersatu source, the status quo is expected to remain as PAS had formed state administrations under the Perikatan Nasional banner, which Bersatu is still a part of.

  

  As such, the source said there is no need for Bersatu assemblypersons to tender their resignation from exco posts.

  Reporting by N Faizal Ghazali

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• Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar today said the exco composition will also remain as is in his state.

  State Bersatu chairperson Razali Idris is the single Bersatu representative in the Terengganu administration, holding the tourism, culture, environment and climate change portfolio.

• Amanah vice-president Mahfuz Omar criticised PAS for ending its political ties with Bersatu while choosing to remain in a leadership position within PN, describing the arrangement as contradictory and an insult to the intelligence of Malaysians.

  

  He likened the situation to a divorced couple continuing to live together and quarrel over shared possessions.

  He accused PAS of placing political survival above principle, saying that if the party genuinely believed Bersatu no longer had a role in advancing Malay-Muslim unity, it should leave PN entirely and relinquish its leadership position.

  He also claimed that PAS was attempting to benefit from both sides and was unwilling to make a clean break.

Economy

• Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim emphasised that sovereign nations should not be timid in defending free trade and opposing punitive tariffs or discriminatory policies, Bernama reported.

  

  Speaking during a session at the Nikkei Forum in Tokyo, Japan today, Anwar said that as a sovereign, interdependent country, Malaysia has adhered to its position very clearly while appealing to other nations to be more affirmative and pronounced in their views.

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