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Monday, May 4, 2015

Hadi’s unity government proposal a fantasy, says analyst

PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang is facing pressure internally with some party members unhappy with his overtures to Umno. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, May 4, 2015.PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang is facing pressure internally with some party members unhappy with his overtures to Umno. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, May 4, 2015.
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's proposal for a unity government is a fantasy and will not resolve the internal crisis within PAS and Umno, political analyst Ibrahim Suffian said.
The director of independent pollster Merdeka Center said the real problem facing the two parties laid in the leadership's failure to address the needs of certain party members, and a unity government would not solve this.
Ibrahim said a unity government would only provide temporary relief for the parties until the next general election.
In an interview with Singapore's TODAY last week, Hadi had blamed the political uncertainties in Malaysia on Umno, and proposed that "a correction can be made" through the formation of a unity government involving all major political parties and no opposition.
“What is happening is due to the weakness of Umno itself. It’s not due to Dr Mahathir, Najib, nor Abdullah Badawi,” Hadi was quoted as saying in the Today report.
He had first proposed the idea in 2008, after a series of by-elections led him to call on lawmakers to focus on serving the people instead.
However, PAS leaders were quick to oppose his proposal back then, with vice-president Datuk Husam Musa likening it to sending an ambulance to a dying Umno's way, after having tried to kill the party all this while.
PAS veteran leader Datuk Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah said Hadi's idea was no different from Lim Kit Siang's recently proposed bipartisan pact to "Save Malaysia", which Hadi's supporters had already opposed.
"How is it different from Lim Kit Siang's suggestion?" asked Wan Rahim, who is the Kota Baru PAS division chief who had initiated the move to sideline Hadi in the party by nominating a challenger to the top post.
Ibrahim said it was almost impossible that Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno would consider forming a unity government with PR, as it would only benefit the opposition.
"At the same time, PAS's attempts to coax Umno into supporting its efforts to enforce hudud will face resistance from BN components," said Ibrahim.
He added that Hadi's belief that Umno's problems did not lay with the leaders was off the mark, as the internal turmoil had only begun after Dr Mahathir began criticising Najib.
Ibrahim said Hadi's statement seemed to mirror the latter's belief that PAS's problems laid with its members, and not with its leaders.
He said the entire proposal was unrealistic because the opposition pact now felt they had the upper hand due to the issues BN were facing now.
"We can see from semi-authoritarian countries such as Zimbabwe that a unity government between the opposition and the ruling party would usually harm the chances of the opposition during elections."
Pressure is mounting against Najib after Dr Mahathir called for his resignation over scandals involving government-owned 1MDB, for continuing the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) and also over the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.
In PAS, Hadi is facing challenges to his post, after both Husam and former PAS vice-president Ahmad Awang received enough nominations to vie for the party presidency during the party's general assembly next month.
The party has been hit with internal strife because of differing opinions among the three component parties of Pakatan Rakyat, which include DAP and PKR.
Among them was the move by PKR to replace Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as the Selangor menteri besar and the by-election for the Kajang state seat.
The Selangor saga was prolonged when PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was picked as the candidate for the menteri besar post, which PAS disagreed, despite PKR and DAP agreeing that only one name should be submitted to the Selangor Sultan.
The fraught relationship between PAS and its component partners was worsened by PAS Kelantan's decision to table amendments to the Shariah Criminal Enactment II in the state, in a bid to pave the way for Islamic law to be implemented in the state.
Following that incident, a few PAS members decided to set up Persatuan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (PasMa), a cell within the party, for the purpose of strengthening the opposition pact.
But at its Selangor convention, PasMa said it would decide at its national assembly in June if it wanted to become a political party.
- TMI

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