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- Support for Hadi as future PM continues to put Opposition partners in a spot
- PAS Muslimat supports Ulama’s call to appoint Hadi as PM
- Hadi wlecomes suggestion for him to be PM
| Support for Hadi as future PM continues to put Opposition partners in a spot Posted: 18 Nov 2012 06:25 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: The PAS Ulama and Muslimat wings' support for party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang to be made prime minister should Pakatan Rakyat come to power continues to put other Opposition coalition members in a spot. Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, widely seen as the premier-in-waiting, was evasive when reporters asked for his response. "It's okay. No problem. We will discuss in a nice manner", he said as he walked briskly to his car after launching a convention on national education at Universiti Selangor (Unisel) in Shah Alam on Sunday. He said he had to rush off to another function in Kuantan. However, DAP was characteristically vocal. Its deputy chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw said bluntly on Sunday that Anwar would be prime minister should Pakatan win the 13th general election and hudud law would not be implemented. "All of us have agreed that Anwar will be the PM should we take over Putrajaya. "In a democracy, we, of course, allow for differing opinions, but the consensus in Pakatan that Anwar remains the PM-in-waiting is final, so even if the PAS Ulama and Muslimat wings say otherwise, it makes no difference," he said. He said that the Pakatan Rakyat leadership would only implement policies that have the consensus of all three-component parties, and reject those which have yet to obtain it. At the same time, it was the lack of consensus that has stopped the implementation of hudud law from becoming part of Pakatan's common framework policy. "If there is consensus, we will enforce it. If not, we won't. And the decision from the leadership is final," he told reporters after a DAP ceramah in Kepong Baru on Sunday morning, reiterating the DAP's position on the matter. He also said that it was "pure politicking" by Barisan National to imply that the Islamic penal code could be so easily implemented. He said that it required an amendment to the Federal Constitution to implement hudud and any amendment to the constitution required consent from two-thirds of the members of parliament. At the 58th PAS muktamar in Kota Baru on Saturday Dewan Ulama representative Hairun Nizam had said Hadi was the best candidate for the job if the coalition took over Putrajaya, a sentiment echoed by PAS Muslimat on Sunday. When pressed for a reaction, Hadi had earlier dodged responding directly, saying instead, that he would rather be a "servant" to the people and country. "Whoever becomes the prime minister needs the support of the party and people. I would rather be a khadam (servant) to the people," he had said. Meanwhile, in Ipoh, Umno treasurer Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said Sunday the Opposition's inability to agree on a common platform and contest under a common flag in the upcoming general elections showed that they could not govern the country. "PAS will definitely want to implement their Islamic ways if Pakatan comes into power and if it is not done, it will destroy the Opposition. "Intellectually, if they cannot even be united in contesting as a single party, then they are incapable of being united to rule the country," he said in a press conference in Manjoi here on Sunday. "As such, I do not see that they have any hope of winning in the upcoming elections," he said. |
| PAS Muslimat supports Ulama’s call to appoint Hadi as PM Posted: 18 Nov 2012 06:24 AM PST KOTA BARU: PAS Muslimat supported the Ulama's call to appoint party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang as Prime Minister if Pakatan Rakyat came to power. Muslimat representative Aiman Athirah Al-Jundi said Hadi was the best candidate for the Prime Minister post. "There is no doubt about that,'' she said during the winding up session at the 58th PAS Muktamar Sunday, She called on members and leaders to "give face" to Hadi, adding the party should stand on the strength of its machinery and not on the sympathy of Pakatan Rakyat partners. "PAS is the most senior party (in the coalition), but we have the lowest number of seats,'' she said. She said they must go all out to win all the targeted 60 Parliamentary seats to empower the party. Perak delegate Dr Khairuddin Nor Malik highlighted the need to address the fear factor among the Malays that Chinese and Christians would control them if Umno were to lose power. "Therefore the best defence is to attack,'' said Dr Khairuddin when debating a resolution on politics. He said PAS must effectively put forth its out-of-box ideas to convince the Malay ground that the party would be in the forefront in Pakatan Rakyat. He said the Malays also wanted to know how PAS would promote God-fearing culture among Malay rulers. PAS central committee member Dr Dzulkifli Ahmad lambasted those who use the hudud issue to undermine the coalition. "They (the detractors) claim that this (hudud) is the biggest hurdle (for the coalition),'' he said. |
| Hadi wlecomes suggestion for him to be PM Posted: 18 Nov 2012 06:24 AM PST KOTA BARU: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang on Sunday welcomed the suggestion by delegates at the party's general assembly, here, for him to be appointed prime minister if Pakatan wins the upcoming 13th general election. "Sometimes, it can be syok' (a thrill) (to be proposed for PM post) but I ask God that Islam be the winner. After that, (I) can be anything, or even die," he said in his winding-up speech at PAS' 58th Annual Muktamar (General Assembly) here. However, his speech did not touch on the hudud law which was raised several times by the delegates this time. Hadi, meanwhile reminded the delegates that PAS did not need trouble-makers who could interfere with the party's direction. "We steer this ship using a compass in order to go which direction we choose, but if there's a busybody who wants to grab the ship's steering wheel, we just throw him into the sea. "I also wish to remind those who joined PAS to follow the PAS way. If many wish to join, there's no problem but their struggle must be the same. It's a problem if you stay in different rooms; there'll be upheaval," he said. Hadi said in the struggle to reach Putrajaya, PAS members could not do it with fellow Muslims only as it needed the support of non-Muslims too. The muktamar was also told that PAS was capable of implementing hudud if the party wins the majority of the parliamentary seats in the coming elections. "Our tuan guru president (Hadi) said that we would implement hudud based on the system of democracy," said PAS' Ulama wing's vice-chief, Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamed when winding up his debate. "Hudud is always relevant and Islam is the priority in our struggle," he said. Mahfodz said that based on the democratic system, Hadi would be prime minister if PAS wins parliamentary majority. "If we (PAS) win more seats (than others), definitely the prime minister should be from PAS and not someone from another party," he said. PAS' Dewan Muslimat (Women's wing) delegate Aiman Athirah Al Jundi stressed that PAS was the most eligible to be the main pillar of the opposition pact based on its position of being the most senior party in the group. She also said that Hadi was the most qualified to be prime minister if Pakatan wins the general election. "Therefore, all our party election machinery must be united and fight all out to win 60 parliamentary seats in the elections for us (PAS) to be the leader in the opposition pact," she said in her adjournment speech at the muktamar. - Bernama |
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