Kelantan PAS commissioner Ahmad Yakob said new political outfits were nothing new in politics, adding that such developments would not disrupt the party’s GE15 preparations.

“Any party can do anything allowed by the Constitution. Everyone has their own kind of preparation.

“In our case, we follow decisions taken by the party’s central leadership,” Ahmad, who is Kelantan menteri besar, said at his Aidilfitri open house in Kampung Alor Pasir, here, today.

Reports of a new state-based political alliance, Angkatan Amanah Merdeka Rakyat Kelantan, have hit the news lately. The alliance is said to have been formed with the aim of ousting the PAS government in Kelantan.

Separately, Ahmad said although Aidilfitri fell a day earlier than expected, the celebration was still joyous.

He said the unexpected announcement might have caused some problems for those celebrating, but the fact remained that the sighting of the new crescent moon was the method used to determine when Hari Raya should be celebrated.

On the retraction of an earlier decision to declare “cuti peristiwa” (public holiday) for the state civil service, Ahmad said it was because the state government felt the three days of public holiday were sufficient.