PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang (seen here with Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi) reportedly said his party and BN had reached an agreement in principle to cooperate in the Nov 14 Melaka state election.PETALING JAYA: The royal and customary crisis in Negeri Sembilan has had no bearing on PAS’s efforts to work with Umno in the Melaka state election, despite the potential political fallout for both parties, says an analyst.

Mazlan Ali.Mazlan Ali of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia pointed to PAS’s willingness to work with Umno in Melaka, including its readiness to use the Barisan Nasional (BN) logo, as proof.

"It (PAS) still sees cooperation with Umno as important and is not trying to distance itself,” he told FMT.