Saturday, 30 August 2014

PAS's Heart and Soul is with UMNO

 Photo: THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR PAS LEADERS TO PULL PAS OUT OF PAKATAN. ... WHY STAY ON SHAMELESSLY IF YOU DON'T TO BE A TEAM PLAYER ? BEST ADVICE : GO SOLO IN GE14 OR JOIN UP WITH UMNO. http://tinyurl.com/lmwgqmv Younger PAS members feel that they have to follow the agenda set by allies PKR and DAP, so they put pressure on PAS's central leaders to strike its own path in the Selangor menteri besar impasse. Khalid Samad said this was the reason PAS appeared defiant in the Selangor menteri besar saga and at odds with PKR and DAP in not endorsing Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the new MB. Khalid explained: "They feel that PAS's identity under PR has become somewhat blurred. It is as though we are following the game plan decided by (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim (PKR de facto leader) and his group of people. "PAS wanted to show its party members that it had its own stand and it was still independent. "Some members have asked PAS leaders to review its cooperation with PKR and DAP, saying the Islamist party had compromised too much. "Based on these sentiments, some of the leaders want to show a stand or an identity that differentiates us from the other two parties, so as to say that we are not just toeing the line as decided by PKR and DAP. "As an established party, PAS does not want to be seen as playing second fiddle to PKR." "This was the agenda brought on by Umno and BN to create friction between the parties in the PR coalition. "So, unfortunately this is what our own members and leaders do not understand... that in fact, we are not doing anything that we disagree with. "And whenever we may have different opinions, it would normally be resolved through discussions.” THE PROBLEM WITH PAS IN PAKATAN There appears to be a feeling among PAS members that their PR allies should dance to PAS's tune as it happened in Kedah before the 2013 general election and also over the hudud issue. Kedah PAS had bickered and suffered internal strife under the rule of the late Tan Sri Azizan Abdul Razak but PAS stuck with the first-term MB when they went to GE13, losing the state to Barisan Nasional (BN). PAS also insisted that it wanted to implement the Islamic criminal law hudud despite objections from its partners PKR and DAP, who say the disquiet over the law will lose them votes in future elections. PAS reiterated on Wednesday that it would submit two names for the Selangor menteri besar post to the state ruler, going against the PR presidential council’s decision to nominate only the PKR president, saying it was abiding by the sultan’s decree. PAS had also previously irked its PR allies when it took its own time to decide whether it would support the removal of Khalid Ibrahim, and despite calls urging it to make a swift decision, its central committee only met a week after PKR sacked the latter. Analysts have painted a bleak picture for the future of the coalition, with Khoo Kay Peng, saying that PAS’s continued defiance would finish off PR at the state and national levels. Merdeka Center's Ibrahim Suffian also noted that PAS’s insistence on nominating two names would “definitely create further tension” in the coalition. However, Khalid downplayed the issue, saying that the contention between PAS and its allies was merely over a "strategic" matter and not a "principal" one. "It should not be seen as a problem as it is not a big issue," he said, adding that the biggest challenge this year would be to ensure PR's continuity. ------- PAS SHOULD JUST PACK THEIR BAGS AND LEAVE. IN HINDSIGHT, ANWAR AND KIT SIANG ARE LIVING IN A FAIRYTALE WORLD OF A STABLE FEDERAL GOVT WITH PAS AS A PARTNER WHEN THE SELANGOR MB FIASCO AND THE KEDAH MB FIASCO PROVED OTHERWISE. The right thing to do is to politely ask PAS to leave or just exclude PAS in their point decision making. Hopeless !

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