PAS in Selangor.

PAS was never strong in Selangor. They won the 8 states seats just because the people just vote anyone that was not BN. I did the same thing with the intention of a strong Opposition, so as everybody, and BN collapsed. Intention resulted to beyond expectation. At the DAP winning constituency, PAS control the Malay Kampong and DAP elected the Ketua Kampong who is from PAS. A friend once told me, voting is not like buying langsat, you get to taste it first, and if it’s sour we don’t buy it. In case of voting, you cross it and you bear responsibilities for the next at least four years or until the one you voted kick the bucket.

Things went rosy at the beginning in the Kampong, particularly mine but when PAS flex their wings and muscle, Ali Senget, Ahmad Takok and Minah Lawa is not happy. In the kampong, DAP normally don’t get the votes and PAS was none at all because they were not contesting. The Ketua Kampong does not hold his position as Ketua Kampong for all instead he operate from PAS Markas and more incline to serve only PAS Members. He seldom seen at the Mosque only at PAS organized program at the Mosque.

The main factor that BN collapsed at the urban and semi urban constituencies in Selangor was the “Istana Zakaria” factor. Pak Lah gave him too much room and Mahathir did not put a check on him. That’s the price BN had to pay and Zek, his own life. Now that Zek had gone, at the next General Election it could be a different story unless off course BN never learnt from that lesson or there is tremendous change of attitude and behavior of PAS people.

At the next General Election what would happen to the 8 PAS seats? Malaysian Insider has a write out predicted the possible outcome.

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By Neville Spykerman

SHAH ALAM, Dec 23 — PAS may end up the biggest losers in Selangor come the next general elections.

The Islamic party, which won eight out of the 56 state seats in Election 2008, in mostly urban or semi-urban constituencies, stands to lose the support of non-Muslims who make up between 20 and 40 per of voters in these constituencies, according to its own ground reports.

PAS contested a further 12 seats in predominantly rural Malay majority constituencies but lost all of them to Umno.

A PAS state lawmaker, who did not want to be named, told The Malaysian Insider that the support the party received from non-Muslims is dissipating.

“I don’t even know if I can retain my own seat in the next general elections.

“I’m on the ground, we meet the non-Malays and know they are not happy,” he said, adding that their main grouse is against the state Pas leadership, which has invited one controversy after another.

Earlier this year, PAS Commissioner Datuk Dr Hasan Ali proposed a beer ban for Muslim-majority areas and moved to empower mosques officials to arrest Muslims caught drinking.

Although PAS attempted to explain that the proposals, which were eventually not implemented, would only affect Muslims, it triggered uneasiness among non-Muslims and created the perception that the party was pushing a hard-line Islamic agenda.

Non-muslims make up 47 per cent of Selangor ‘s population.

Worse still, Hasan has repeatedly clashed with his Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners.

He made an open challenge in the media calling for his State Executive colleague, Ronnie Liu, to resign for allegedly ordering the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) to return beer seized illegally from a 7-Eleven outlet.

More recently he caused another stir by undermining the authority of the special select committee for competency, accountability and transparency (Selcat) which was investigating abuse of state funds by former Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers just before the general elections last year.

Hasan accused Speaker Teng Chang Khim, who heads the state government watchdog, of bullying civil servants during a public inquiry into the misuse of funds.

“I think we are going to be in trouble if there is no change in direction or in the state leadership,” said the Pas lawmaker.

Ibrahim Suffian from the Merdeka Center for Independent Research who spoke to The Malaysian Insider did not, however, completely share the lawmaker’s pessimism.

“Overall PAS is gaining more support from non-Muslims, more so now after last week’s PR Convention when they reiterated their stand with the coalition.”

Before the March 8 general elections, non-Malay sentiment was to vote for any party which was not in the ruling BN coalition including PAS despite the reservations they might have had about the Islamic party.

In subsequent by-elections, Chinese and Indians, especially in Perak, willingly voted for PAS.

However, in Selangor, he could not discount the negative publicity generated by Pas Selangor including forcing their values on non-Muslims.

“Their urban seats could be in jeopardy.”

Whether Selangor PAS continues to clash with their PR partners and alienate non-Muslims could depend on the party’s disciplinary committee.

Hasan, along with his one-time deputy, Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad, who has openly criticised the former’s policies have been hauled up before the committee for “jeopardizing the party’s image.”

Both men have responded to show-cause letters and the disciplinary committee is expected to decide on the next course of action today.

The committee could decide there is no case to answer, which would lead to status quo in the state leadership, or opt to suspend or remove Hasan as state commissioner, but this is unlikely because of his close links to PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, who appointed him in the first place.

The most likely outcome could be a face-saving slap on the wrist for either Hasan or for both men.

However, a party insider said this may be enough to get the state leadership to toe the line.

UNQUOTE.

PAS once criticized BN for working hand in hand with the infidels or kafir like MCA and MIC. Now PAS sleep on the same pillow with DAP. How about that? They share the same pillow but they don’t dream alike. One inspire for Malaysia to be a Muslim State and the other, no way Jose, cross my dead body.

Look at how these PAS Members behave in my Kampong in Selangor. During the recitation of Yasin and tahlil on Thursday evening after Maghreb on 24 December 2009 none of the Mosque Committee Members were present at the Mosque. They had gone to another Mosque for “Forum Perdana” whose Speakers were PAS Politicians. For the sake of hearing more to political talk they abandoned the Mosque. The Chief Imam was all alone upfront.

You can predict whom I would vote at the next General Election, insyaalah if I am still around to see it.