‘Umno supreme council can act against Ku Li’
Jan 31, 10 4:13pm
Kelantan Umno liaison committee chairman Mustapa Mohamed said only the Umno Supreme Council could determine he action to be taken against Gua Musang division chief Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah who had stated a stand contrary to the federal government’s on the payment of oil royalty to Kelantan.
“It (the decision) is not within the jurisdiction of the Kelantan Umno. Only the Supreme Council can decide on the action to be taken against Tengku Razaleigh,” he said.
Mustapa (right), who is International Trade and Industry Minister, was asked whether Kelantan Umno would act against Tengku Razaleigh for having said on Thursday that the Kelantan state government should be given oil royalty instead of a
compassionate fund.
Following that statement, Prime Minister and Umno president Najib Abdul Razak said the party leadership would scrutinise Tengku Razaleigh’s speech made to a gathering at the Sultan Mohammed IV Stadium in Kota Baharu.
At a special meeting with the Pasir Puteh Umno Division in Pasir Puteh last night, Mustapa said the Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee would meet Najib to discuss and propose projects to be implemented for the people of Kelantan with the compassionate fund.
Mustapa had said recently that the federal government would provide RM20 million in compassionate fund to Kelantan, which was five per cent of the revenue from oil and gas production offshore Kelantan in 2008.
- Bernama
Khalid Samad’s reponse to disciplinary action
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Keputusan JK Displin
Jawatan Kuasa Disiplin PAS telah mengambil keputusan untuk mengantung jawatan-jawatan dalam parti yang sedang saya sandang selama 6 bulan. Jawatan berkenaan adalah sebagai YDP kawasan Shah Alam dan sebagai ahli Lujnah Politik PAS Pusat. Sebenarnya, saya sememangnya tidak pernah mementingkan jawatan. Ada atau tidak, sama sahaja bagi saya. Yang penting, perjuangan perlu diteruskan. Kalau bukan sebagai seorang ‘Jeneral’, maka sebagai seorang askar biasa. Kalau Khalid Al-Walid suatu ketika dahulu pun sanggup, mengapa tidak Khalid Samad?
Ada juga yang bertanya tidakkah saya merasa kecewa? Mengapa pula saya perlu merasa kecewa? Keputusan sudah dibuat dan insyaAllah saya terima dengan hati terbuka. Ramai yang tidak sedar, tetapi pada hakikatnya matlamat minima saya telah pun tercapai. Tindakan Dato PJ selama ini yang saya tentang secara terbuka telah diisytihar SALAH dan beliau telah diberi amaran keras serta seterusnya dilarang mengeluarkan kenyataan yang bercanggah dan menjejas PR Selangor. Beliau tidak boleh lagi memberikan gambaran bahawa tindakan beliau direstui oleh pemimpin tertinggi. Ahli BPPNS harap ambil perhatian tentang perkara ini.
Ya betul, jawatan saya digantung tetapi itu tidak sepenting mendapat kata dua berhubung sikap dan tindakan Dato PJ selama ini. Jawatan digantung 6 bulan. Dasar perkukuhkan PR akan dipertahankan selagi mana PAS bersama PR.
Harap semua faham, saya dikenakan tindakan kerana cara saya menegur Dato PJ dianggap memudaratkan PAS. Mungkin betul, mungkin tidak. Namun saya telah lama berusaha sebelum itu, secara dalaman, secara surat kepada pihak atasan tetapi semuanya tidak berhasil. Budaya wala’ terlalu menebal. Menghampiri ketaatan membuta tuli. Akhirnya saya tiada pilihan kecuali berhadapan perbalahan secara terbuka. Memang mengikut budaya Malaysia, apabila melawan ‘tauke’ kuli yang akan kena. Ikut macam mana pun pasti akan kena. Tetapi kali ini ‘tauke’ pun kena juga. Walaupun hanya sedikit tetapi pada saya sudah mencukupi. Kalau terus dengan cara lamanya, saya tidak akan menyanggahnya lagi. Saya sendiri yang akan buat Laporan kepada JK Disiplin. Seperti yang dibuatnya terhadap saya dalam kes ini. Itu caranya dan kita lihat pula sejauhmana kesungguhan amaran yang diberi.
Apabila menentukan sesuatu tindakan, saya telah diajar melakukan ‘risk analisis’ terlebih dahulu. Risikonya diketahui dan saya mengambil risiko tersebut kerana ada peluang yang baik untuk mencapai hasil. Seperti yang dijangka saya diadu kepada JK disiplin. Saya tidak mengadunya kepada JK Disiplin, pihak lain yang berbuat demikian. Risiko diambil dengan penuh sedar. Kesan datang melanda kita terima kerana memang telah dijangka. Namun hasilnya turut diraih.
PAS sememangnya mementingkan disiplin ahli, ketaatan kepada pemimpin, thiqah dan wala’. Saya tahu semua itu, tetapi semua telah saya usahakan. Bukan semakin baik, semakin parah. Akhirnya saya tiada pilihan kecuali melakukan apa yang pasti sukar diterima parti. Walaupun berasas tetapi akan dilihat melanggar disiplin. Ketua pemanah meninggalkan Bukit Uhud. Yang membantah dan menghalang dianggap melanggar disiplin jemaah kerana membantah dengan cara yang kasar.
Ada pula yang bertanya, adakah saya akan merayu? Saya masih belum lagi memutuskannya. Mungkin tidak. Seperti Saidatina Aisyah dalam kisah fitnah terhadapnya. Memadai dengan saya meyakini bahawa saya bertindak demi PAS dan PR. Lagipun, seperti yang telah saya nyatakan, jawatan itu tidak penting. Hendak merayu buat apa? PRU 13 semakin hampir. Bersama kita terus asak UMNO sehingga mereka tersungkur. Itu prioriti kita yang perlu dilakukan tanpa adanya kenyataan-kenyataan yang akhirnya akan menyulitkan diri kita sendiri.
WaLlahu ‘Alam
KHALID SAMAD
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Khalid Samad Suspended For Six Months, Dr Hasan Gets Warning
SHAH ALAM: The PAS disciplinary committee today suspended Shah Alam Member of Parliament Khalid Samad from all party posts for six months effective yesterday.
However, Selangor PAS commissioner Datuk Dr Hasan Mohamed Ali was issued with a warning.
Khalid, who is PAS Shah Alam division head and central political bureau member, and Dr Hasan, were found guilty by the disciplinary committee at a meeting today, according to a report in Harakahdaily.
The report also said that Khalid, who is abroad, when contacted, accepted the decision and would appeal against the suspension.
Meanwhile, Harakah reported that Dr Hasan accepted the decision with an open heart and regarded it as a learning process for him.
Khalid had to face the disciplinary committee for allegedly undermining Hasan as the state commissioner by openly asking him to resign, revealing information about the party to the public, disobeying party directives,
tarnishing the party’s image and breaching party constitution.
Dr Hasan was accused of undermining the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
The disciplinary committee initiated investigations against them after a special meeting in November last year.
The other side of accounts of the PAS political seminar
Voters unconvinced with PAS leadership, favours Nik Aziz to Hadi
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
Pollsters identified a strong preference for Nik Aziz (left) over Hadi Awang. — Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The majority of voters are not convinced with the current PAS leadership and perceive its leaders as the most dominant problem in the party, a new poll shows.
The poll conducted by Zentrum Future Studies Malaysia from 20 February 2008 to 5 March 2009 showed that 50 per cent of the 2,100 respondents found the main issue to be PAS’ leaders while 27 per cent regarded the party’s ideology as a major stumbling block.
The survey showed that only 31 per cent of respondents were in favour of the current party leadership.
The Zentrum poll also suggests that more Malaysians were in favour of PAS spiritual leader Datuk Niz Aziz Niz Mat compared to party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, with 83 per cent confident in Nik Aziz’s leadership compared to Hadi’s 33 per cent.
The survey showed that one in three respondents identified both Hadi and deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa as the weakness in the party leadership, while four per cent perceive Nik Aziz as the weak link.
The poll also indicates that 44 per cent of those surveyed viewed positively the leadership of PAS’ women’s wing, while the Youth wing and central party leaderships scored 25 and 24 per cent respectively.
Although the party leadership was popular among the age group of 41 to 50 years old, support from those between 21 and 30 was dwindling.
For PAS, getting the young is now a priority for the next general elections but Hadi’s low popularity with younger voters may be an obstacle, with 70 per cent of the 21-30 age group expressing a loss of confidence in the leader and 40 per cent considering him the weakness in the party. The survey also shows that 70 per cent of the age group are unhappy with the top two leaders in the party.
The poll suggests that Malaysians are wary of the hard-line stance that the party projects with the current conservative line-up led by Hadi and Nasharuddin.
The party now seems on course to further distance themselves from voters after 1,000 PAS delegates at a special seminar yesterday concluded that the party must stick to its Islamic line even at the expense of Pakatan Rakyat.
While Nik Aziz has endorsed the pact, many delegates remained suspicious of the role allies DAP and PKR could play in championing the Islamic cause.
They wanted the party to stick to its Islamic line, which has been blurred by Umno’s active Islamic campaigns that have included enacting laws such as caning for alcohol consumption.
The latest poll suggests that for PAS to become a mainstream political party, it needs to reform its hard-line stance to a more accommodating approach or risk not repeating the achievements of 2008 as the party can no longer rely on anti-Umno sentiments to support them.
University Malaya (UM) professor Dr Abu Hassan Hasbullah made that point clear when presenting the report at the seminar yesterday, saying that the trend to support the opposition could change in the next general elections.
“The days of ABU, Anything But Umno, are over,” he said bluntly.
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Selangor MB slams PAS delegates
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah SaniKLANG, Nov 8 — Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said today he was disappointed with allegations made by PAS delegates yesterday that Pakatan Rakyat was not doing enough to champion Islam.
He told them to instead “walk the talk” themselves.
Yesterday at PAS’s special seminar, some party delegates accused PR of not championing Muslim rights and were suspicious what role Islam could play in its ties with allies DAP and PKR.
The Selangor Mentri Besar stressed today that Islam requires Muslims not only to preach but also to be proactive.
“Islam itself requires us to be proactive as a Muslim, it is not expecting other people or it is the Ummah (society) itself has the social responsibility but in Islam also it tells us that we must not only preach but also do.
“So if someone wants to complain that Pakatan Rakyat, then that Muslim has to say that he has spent 2,000 man hours promoting and there is nobody that has done it,” he said.
He added that the delegates must set a good example before making accusations.
“I myself am doing it, we don’t complain. We promote Islam,” he said.
Khalid also told PAS to earn its leadership role and not expect it.
“If you want to be a leader, people have to accept you as a leader. It is not you want people to say that you are a leader. No, you earn your leadership and respect,” he said.
Yesterday’s PAS seminar showed its members were now concerned over a blurring of lines and its future direction in PR.
Some 1,000 PAS delegates at the special seminar to strengthen the party and affirm its place in PR concluded that the party must stick to its Islamic line even at the expense of the federal opposition pact.
PAS Selangor were at loggerheads with PR when the party’s state commissioner Datuk Hasan Ali criticised the state’s select committee for competency, accountability and transparency (Selcat) for “bullying public servants” during a recent public inquiry.
The outburst by the PAS leader reignited discussions on Hasan’s loyalty and his party’s commitment to PR in Selangor.
Hasan previously clashed with PR colleagues over the sale of beer at convenience outlets in Shah Alam, and a plan to empower mosque committee members and workers to police immoral activities in the state.
PAS state liaison committee secretary Mohd Khairuddin Othman has also issued a statement of the party’s support for Hasan and warned that the party was considering pulling out of the state government.
Recently PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat wanted a special muktamar to rid the party of leaders whom he described as “problematic” and seen to favour working closely with Umno instead of strengthening PR.
He had named Hasan along with Nasharuddin and secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali as those who had made the party look inconsistent.
However, PAS central committee members recently unanimously decided not to call for a special muktamar but to hold yesterday’s seminar instead.
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PAS men slam unrepentant Abdul Aziz
By Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 – PAS delegates slammed Dr Abdul Aziz Bari (pic) for criticising the party leadership but the UIA law professor remained unrepentant, arguing that his criticism was constructive.
Abdul Aziz courted controversy last month with an article published in Sinar Harian and stirred it further today when he asked why PAS members wanted to be close to Umno.
He had criticised the PAS leadership, which he saw aligned to president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, for allegedly pushing a merger with Umno.
The academic’s views formed the basis for PAS spiritual adviser, Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, to pursue an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in an attempt to cleanse the party of “problematic” leaders, but which was replaced with today’s seminar.
Delegates present from all over the country loudly denounced Abdul Aziz as an “Umno agent” for publicly raising the issue of a “unity government” once again.
They repeatedly pressed the constitutional expert to reveal his sources for the allegations, noting that Abdul Hadi had this morning stressed that PAS is committed to the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) struggle to depose the ruling coalition and had shut the door on any more “unity” talks.
“Where did you get information to say that the president does not get along with Lim Kit Siang and Anwar Ibrahim?” a woman delegate asked, referring to the DAP and PKR leaders respectively.
The three opposition parties had joined forces after gaining major inroads among voters in the March 8 elections last year and had recently handed in their application to the Registrar of Societies to formalise their coalition.
Another delegate went further and called Abdul Aziz an “agent of the West” for forcing the concept of a two-party system on them.
The man, who did not identify himself, also likened the IIU don to an “agen nafsu”, which translates to a man with his own ulterior motives, for stirring up discord within PAS.
He received loud support from the floor, with cries of “Takbir!” and “Allahuakbar!”
Abdul Aziz took the verbal attacks in stride and explained that his criticism should be read constructively.
He added that he was only trying to stir the party’s imagination towards strengthening itself ahead of the next general election.
“Think for yourselves,” he advised.
“I did not insult the president or even mention his personal life. I only mentioned his post as the captain of this team,” he countered.
Likening the current political situation to a football match, Abdul Aziz claimed that he had the right as a “paying spectator” to comment.
Not all delegates found his views repugnant, judging from the way they leapt to his defence.
A woman delegate commended him for his willingness to share his bold views openly. She suggested that the leaders should note down his ideas because views from the grassroots which were conveyed through the proper party channels did not always gain traction.
Another delegate asked the rest of his partymen to keep an open mind and not take Abdul Aziz’s comments to heart.
“We must change. Medicine is usually bitter while food which taste sweet are the causes of sickness,” the young man said.
But many others remained unconvinced.
Two delegates from the Federal Territory slammed Abdul Aziz for failing to back up his allegations, unlike his fellow panellist, Universiti Malaya (UM) analyst, Dr Abu Hassan Hasbullah.
Abu Hassan had presented a detailed report predicting the future outcome of PAS based on a study carried out among 2,000 people.
“The more important thing now is to strengthen the party. Abu Hassan’s research will be good for our party,” said one man from the Kepong division.
The UM don’s survey results, backed by hard statistics, found greater favour among the delegates even though he shared the same ideas with Abdul Aziz.
Abu Hassan said that PAS must carry out serious reforms now if it wants to win the next general election.
PAS committed to strengthen Pakatan Rakyat
Although academicians and political analysts are of the view that PAS is facing a leadership crisis, party president Abdul Hadi Awang remains upbeat that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Using an analogy of a football team, Hadi likened the party to a popular football team absorbing tremendous pressure battling on its home turf, watched by a huge number of supporters.
“Just imagine PAS as a football team. We have a manager and a coach guiding it. Then, we have the commentators who critique the way we play.
“The team is cheered on by vociferous supporters and provoked by rivals on the other end of the field. Some provoke us by throwing firecrackers on the field when we play.
“But we don’t resort to ever throwing the firecrackers back at them,” said Hadi during his winding-up speech at a party seminar in Kuala Lumpur today.
“Just like in the real world,” he added, “where there are biting criticisms hurled at the party, leaders should not reject their views totally but instead “accept them with a magnanimous heart”.
“It won’t do any good to to the team if the captain or the manager is fired during half time of the game as result of emotional responses.
“We need to be professional, we are not kampung football players. We should instead thank those who have made constructive criticisms,” said Hadi.
Earlier today, the PAS seminar saw many members retaliating against political analyst Abdul Aziz Bari for his stringent criticism of the party leadership.
We are like newly-commisioned ship
Later at a press conference, Hadi reiterated that PAS will remain in Pakatan Rakyat and vowed that the party will be consistent with its principles within the opposition coalition.
Likening the party’s partnership with PKR and DAP to “a ship that has just been built”, he said the ship needed to be tested and strengthened so that it could face challenges in the sea of democracy.
“We will face the storms with patience and prove to the people that we are committed to bringing changes to our country,” said Hadi.
To a question whether he felt offended by the criticisms the party received from the academicians today, he said: “It is normal to have that.
“There are constructive criticisms and there are not. So we will take into account the constructive ones and we rebut the ones that needs addressing,” he said.
Five resolutions achieved
Earlier, vice-president Salahuddin Ayub, who was also the seminar’s chairman said that the party has passed five resolutions at the seminar.
They are:
- To strengthen Pakatan and prepare for the next general election and to urge party leaders and members to be more proactive in administrating Pakatan.
- Get more non-Muslim supporters to be more active in PAS.
- Uphold and strengthen the party’s principles through research and information.
- Find ways to strengthen the Youth wing so that it could reach out to a wider audience of young voters.
- Develop an action plan and strengthen the national campaign of ‘PAS for all’.
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