This was revealed by the former Umno man in an exclusive interview with FMT today.
“I have yet to sign any (membership) form, whether Amanah or PKR. I haven’t signed anything but will contest under the PH ticket first. I actually have no qualms with either of these parties,” he said.
He added that the PH presidential council told him to focus on getting re-elected first before deciding on which party to join.
It was previously reported that Nor Azman was to join Amanah while his fellow ex-Umno assemblyman and former Melaka chief minister Idris Haron would join PKR after the PH presidential council accepted them as candidates in the state polls.
According to Nor Azman, he had also met with supporters from DAP, PKR and Amanah to allay concerns of him becoming an independent who was friendly to any other coalition should he successfully defend his seat.
“If I win, I will join a PH party. I will not remain an independent assemblyman,” he said, saying it would be regardless of which coalition formed the state government.
Nor Azman also hinted that he may not join any party should he fail to defend his seat, as he would prefer to focus on his business and in helping the local community through NGOs.
“I told the PH presidential council that if I lose, I may join one of the two parties, based on the advice of the respective presidents, Mohamad Sabu for Amanah or Anwar Ibrahim for PKR.
“However, if I feel that I’ve had enough of politics, then I will just stop altogether and not join either party. But I will not go back to Umno. I’ll just rest,” he said.
Noting the concerns and doubts of some within PH towards him and Idris contesting under the PH banner, he maintained that he was not a “frog” as he did not defect from Umno in the first place.
Nor Azman said he had simply lost his confidence in former chief minister Sulaiman Md Ali’s leadership, adding that there was no talk whatsoever of leaving Umno or joining PH initially.
Having been with Umno for 38 years, he said his loyalty to Umno had been undivided. However, he had to speak up after noticing something wrong in the running of the Melaka state administration.
“Everyone knows there were ‘two lions on one mountain’. It was like there was another ‘power’ that determined the running of the state government,” he said alluding to rumours that Melaka Umno chief Ab Rauf Yusoh was pulling the strings behind Sulaiman.
One such instance, he said, was when Rauf, who was also state assembly speaker, approached him to offer him positions in state GLCs.
“I was confused as to why he was making the offer, as it should usually come from the Melaka chief minister. And I didn’t even get these positions, it was just promises.
“But I actually don’t care about these positions,” he said, adding that he preferred to have more time to serve his constituents.