PAS as a
party is now fading into the sunset and the height of its power was in GE12 and
13. Now no longer wanted and trusted by the majority of Malaysian voters have
now realized that all the glory will be gone soon. PAS and UMNO-BN now only
command 20 to 25% percent of the Malay voters and maybe 1 to 3 % of the Non-Malay
voters thru their BN-Chines and Indian parties. Now PAS is crying like a spoilt
child after spill its own brains on the side of the road.
PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man reminded Pakatan Harapan not to stand in PAS’ way in the seats which it contested in the last polls, in the upcoming 14th general election.
He said PAS will start contesting in seats which were contested by DAP and PKR, if Pakatan Harapan fields candidates in any of the 80 seats contested by PAS.
he is a good man like TGNA but now he is in the wrong party. He is well liked by the Non-Malays but his party is most hated now with UMNO
Harapan also consists of PAS splinter party Parti Amanah Negara, which was formed in 2015, after the break up of the Pakatan Rakyat opposition pact.
“We want to say, don’t distrub PAS seats. If PAS seats are disturbed then we will take it to mean that PAS is free to contest anywhere, including against PKR, Amanah and anyone else in Harapan,” he told reporters after officiating a Selangor PAS event in Kuala Kubu Baru today.
PAS had several times stressed that it will contest in 80 parliamentary constituencies in GE14, raising chances of three-cornered fights involving Harapan parties and BN which opposition parties say will cut likelihood of toppling BN.
Attempts by opposition parties to negotiate an electoral pact with PAS has yet to bear fruit.
However, former PAS vice-president Mahfuz Omar said any move to go against Harapan parties could backfire on the Islamist party.
Meanhile, Tuan Ibrahim said his warning today is a commitment that PAS will defend all its seats.
“This is not an instruction (to Harapan) because we know that PAS cannot instruct other parties. It is instead a commitment that PAS will not stand to have our seats disturbed, and we will also not disturb others.
“However, when Amanah declared that it will contest seats earlier contested by PAS – including the Shah Alam seat which was won on the PAS ticket – then we are stressing now that we are defending that seat,” he said.
Shah Alam is held by Amanah information chief Khalid Samad.
Tuan Ibrahim said Harapan should know that PAS will not back down on seats which they traditionally contest in.
“Harapan should take note not to disturb us; they must comply for the sake of change in this country,” he said.
Tuan Ibrahim said other “disturbances” are expected in Kelantan, which Amanah said it will go full force in, including by fielding its vice-president Husam Musa in Kota Baru. Kota Baru is held by PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan.
“There are statements that there will be an attack on Kelantan, and wanting to take over Kelantan and all that when we should concentrate on states that are won by BN, not disturb those won by PAS,” he said.
Besides its standing co-operation with PKR, PAS was also in talks with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) but political observers expect colder ties between the two after Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused PAS of splitting the Malay community, in a scathing blog post last week.
Tuan Ibrahim said PAS needs more time to deal with Bersatu as things appear to be unstable in the party.
“How can we formalise things if the situation is unstable? Let it stablise first,” he said.
Ties between PAS and PKR seem strained after PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli accused PAS of benefitting from 1MDB funds, a claim PAS denies.
MKINI
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