Act 355: ‘PAS taken for a ride by Umno’

PAS being the Naïve villagers could not see that UMNO’s game was to tear apart PAS from PH. Once it was official the PH does not want PAS in their opposition block, UMNO no longer had no more use for PAS. UMNO knows that the RU355 is a poison chalice will drive away the Malay support from UMNO and BN. The Malays whether Urban or rural have no stomach for Islamic law and look at PAS as bush of misfits. PAS now by itself and only have 20% to 30% of the Malay support they received in PRU – GE 14. They will act as spoilers in a few seats Kelantan, Kedah and Terengganu. Total Parliament seats affected are between 15 to 25 Parliament seats.

PAS is only left with memories of a failed romance with UMNO. If only TGNA was alive, he would have seen the bad intentions of UMNO.

PAS is now consign to the dustbin of Politics in Malaysia 

Idiots I told you all so , that UMNO is going to ride and shaft you all. 

YUP that was the PAS camel getting humped  

Act 355: ‘PAS taken for a ride by Umno’

Assoc Prof Dr Jeniri Amir says PAS has reason to be disappointed by BN’s decision to not adopt Hadi’s Bill

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS would be justified to feel that it has been shortchanged by Umno following BN’s decision to abort the tabling of the bill to amend the Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, or Act 355, said a political analyst.

Assoc Prof Dr Jeniri Amir of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UniMas) said BN’s about-turn might even force PAS to rethink its strategy as of late PAS had been warming up to Umno.

“PAS will be disappointed…I believe (PAS president Abdul) Hadi (Awang) will rethink the party’s cordial relationship with BN, especially with Umno.

“He will have to re-evaluate PAS’ stand towards Pakatan Harapan,” Jeniri told Berita Daily.

Using a football analogy, he said: “Hadi passed the ball to Umno and then Umno dribbled it to the goalpost but did not score.”

Jeniri believed that the BN decision was good for maintaining harmony in the ruling coalition.

“BN must take into consideration the feelings of Sabah and Sarawak components and also its non-Muslim parties.

“In this move, Prime Minister Najib Razak has shown that he prioritised his allies more than the enemy,” he added.

The motion on the Act 355 amendments was tabled by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang in the Dewan Rakyat through a private member’s bill last year but was not debated.

Recently, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government would take over the bill and table it although several BN components including MCA said they had not been consulted.

Another analyst Prof Dr Abdul Halim Sidek believed that PAS should just continue with its effort to enhance the powers of the shariah court.

“It started as a private member’s bill, so PAS should just continue.

“I believe that the government refused to table the bill as there is resistance from the cabinet,” said the Universiti Kuala Lumpur law lecturer when contacted by Berita Daily.

Abdul Halim, however, questioned why certain parties are opposing the bill which he said would affect only Muslims.

Former diplomat Redzuan Khushairi also believed that PAS was played out by Umno on this matter.

“It was a scare but most of us always thought it was Umno’s political game, albeit a dangerous one.

“I also believe, not just PAS but Umno too has lost credibility in the process,” said the former Universiti Utara Malaysia academician.

Geostrategist Prof Dr Azmi Hassan, however, said PAS should shoulder the blame for this.

“PAS has been dilly-dallying on its purported cooperation with Umno. Therefore the decision by the government to not pursue the bill will not affect the current status too much,” Azmi said in a WhatsApp reply to Berita Daily..

He said the government felt that it was not beneficial to table the bill but it did not mean that Umno was not supportive of the bill.

The director of Centre for Policy Initiatives Dr Lim Teck Ghee said PAS will not ditch Umno despite this setback.

“It will still be looking to see how it can leverage its present dalliance with Umno to gain extra advantage in the coming election.

“It may want to give the impression that it will be going it alone but this is a charade,” Lim said in a reply to Berita Daily.

Lim said Hadi sees the other opposition parties as big threats to his reign as PAS president and also to the Islamic party’s success in elections.

“It is very clear that Hadi sees the opposition parties, especially Amanah and DAP, and even PKR, as the biggest threat to his leadership and the party’s electoral success,” he said.

After chairing the BN supreme council meeting yesterday, Najib said that the bill will remain a private member’s bill as the government will not adopt it.

Najib said BN made this decision based on the spirit of consensus practiced by the ruling coalition.