Awang Selamat, the pseudonym for the collective voice of the paper’s editors, wrote that they were "excited" by the Islamist party's move to submit three names for the top post to the Selangor palace.
"The more choices, the better. What's the harm in a PAS candidate becoming the MB? Give a chance to the party, which has the right and the merits to do so in Selangor.
Besides, Awang trusts a PAS leader to manage the RM5 billion reserves more than the PKR adviser Anwar Ibrahim's puppet candidate," wrote Awang in the paper weekend edition Mingguan Malaysia today, referring to Dr Wan Azizah.
However, he said he was perturbed by the fighting between the "Anwarinas" (those who support opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim) and the "Ulama" factions within PAS.
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Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail serves up an ace against haters a new politics beyond dysfunctional Majlis Syura Ulama consensus somewhat pointlessly clarified that PAS not caught in a “time warp”). PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang outdoing Umno in the dirty tricks department and proving that claiming religious credentials and behaving with honour and integrity are miles apart that her party move away from dysfunctional Majlis Syura Ulama consensus’s ideals back-stabbing betrayer-president PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang 's clear intention to form a Selangor unity-government with UMNO ? Your beloved back-stabbing presidentt Abdul Hadi Awang has sold his mind, soul and perhaps, his turban too, to those corrupted devils.Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail serves up an ace against haters a new politics beyond dysfunctional Majlis Syura Ulama consensus which are past their sell-by date — and ideas more relevant to a 21st century India can come into play.
This stratagem of Machiavellian politics can have many variants and be described in many other ways: the principle of supra-government, the halo of sacrifice, the backseat driver, or the remote control principle. However, in simple terms they all amount to having the cake and eating it too.
Hadi thought of a reaction whereby if we were to be betrayed and they ‘steal’ our people, we ‘steal back’ their people. "It was (done) in that context - it was not planned or premeditated.' What warped explanation - devoid of accountable principles based on decency, decorum and integrity? And these are religious people, pushing a religious agenda and this is all religious or a cloak and dagger clandestine covet operation? This is like toddlers fighting over prize toys and not statesmen positioning to provide alternative national leadership! Like Perak, before the voters have been betrayed in Selangor, no doubt about this - by political shenanigans and they will be punished at GE14 make no mistake about that!
PAS decimation and collapse Hadi Awang will be remembered as the president who destroyed his own party.READMORE http://suarakeadilanmalaysia.blogspot.com/2014/09/pas-decimation-and-collapse-hadi-awang.html
PAS has wittingly or unwittingly put the Sultan in the delicate position of having to accept either candidate against the provisions of the State Constitution, or go against the majority of the legislative assembly and, by extension, the rakyat. To circumvent the Hobson’s choice above by a dissolution of the legislature would be most unpopular as the house is still overwhelmingly dominated by Pakatan Rakyat, unlike the hung Perak State Assembly in 2009. Even then the house was not dissolved.Put the blame squarely on the hypocrites in PAS for not being able to work under a woman MB. It is a blessing in disguise for exposing PAS for what they really are, a bunch of kampong coconuts masquerading as political leaders in 21st Century Malaysia. There is no place for them here. They should be riding some stinking camels somewhere in Arabia.And if they start taking graven images with their iPhones, (which is forbidden in the Quran), and wave their PAS flags around, (which has the forbidden image of the Moon on it), they are surely bound for Hell.
To complicate matters even more, Section 53.4 of the State Constitution states that, “In appointing a Menteri Besar, His Highness may in his discretion dispense with any provision in this Constitution restricting his choice of a Menteri Besar, if in his opinion it is necessary to do so in order to comply with the provisions of this Article.”
The Hobson’s choice becomes a Gordian knot when Section 53.3 is read in conjunction with Section 53.4, because discretionary powers are granted the Sovereign Ruler to reject any provisions of the constitution in order to fulfil the spirit of the article.
Dr Bari is of the view that the idea of “discretion” being bandied about by PAS and the public is not an “absolute discretion”. He says that the discretion exercisable by the sovereign ruler should be viewed in the context of democracy and a responsible government, and thus the provisions of the State Constitution still hold true.
“But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty, soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular. Suspicions will be raised of his fidelity to his cause. Moderation will be stigmatized as the virtue of cowards; and compromise as the prudence of traitors; until, in hopes of preserving the credit which may enable him to temper, and moderate, on some occasions, the popular leader is obliged to become active in propagating doctrines, and establishing powers, that will afterwards defeat any sober purpose at which he ultimately might have aimed.”
― Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Anwar: We respect Sultan's request but PR to stick to Azizah only
PAS moderate Khalid Samad (pic) has warned of a faction in the Islamist party which is out to break its alliance with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in order to create a more “exclusive” and “chauvinistic” brand of Islam.
It's funny for PAS to ask others not to interfere in their affairs when it is patently clear that the Syura council and the President has already been compromised. And PAS does not think twice when they interfere with what is essentially PKR's prerogative. A simple analogy with be a commercial joint venture. The parties would have agreed that each of them are entitled to select the managing director, and other directors and in what numbers. The party with the prerogative has the right to remove that director or MD and replace him/her. What PAS is doing is in breach of that joint venture terms and conditions. For professing to practise Islam close to their hearts and not just wearing on their sleeves, PAS is surely demonstrating that it is acceptable to breach its contractual undertaking. This is not acceptable. If PAS has sincerely been working within Pakatan framework, the Sultan would not have had any excuse to ask for so many names, nevermind the wisdom behind such decree. the group had three strategies: one, to promote the leadership of the ulama to the extent that it could not be challenged; two, to attack the leadership from the professional and pro-Pakatan Rakyat faction; and three, to attack and create tension with allies PKR and DAP.
“After calling themselves ulama or defenders of the ulama leadership, this group will then attack the old leadership, especially those from the professional faction that is pro-PR.”
He said the original objective of the Shura Council was to monitor the party’s journey to ensure that it did not stray from Islam, but the anti-professional faction had adopted a new understanding more akin to a “Western theocratic” approach, whereby the ulama’s authority was paramount.
“The ulama have to be given positions although they might not be skilled or knowledgeable. This is against inclusiveness and has narrowed the room for participation by all so that cooperation between the ulama and professionals is no longer happening.”
At the same time, this group also seeks to ruin the close relationship between the ulama and professional factions in the party by planting suspicions in the ulama against the professionals, Khalid said.
“By using emotions and sentiments, their hope is that their targeted leaders would be rejected by PAS members,” he added.
The group targets leaders by accusing them of being liberal, disloyal to the president and ulama and being more aligned to PR and PKR, Khalid said.
“Their targets are those from the professional faction, who strongly support cooperation through PR.”
And by attacking allies PKR and DAP, they are in fact more friendly towards Umno and Barisan Nasional, Khalid said.
He said this group was hiding behind slogans like “Love the president, love the ulama”.
PAS! You dare proclaim yourself an Islamic party whose members pray 5 times a day? I'm also a pious Muslim but may I ask, what do you say to Allah each time you pray, and that too, 5 times a day? Ask for forgiveness for the numerous sins which you routinely commit each day?
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