PAS has 'perfect plan' to win three-cornered fights

Zulkifli Sulong Zulkifli Sulong Updated 8 years ago · Published on 10 Oct 2017 7:00AM · 5 Comments

PAS is confident that with the support of the grassroots and party machinery, and with the anti-Chinese sentiment, especially against DAP, it can win constituencies with 40% Malay voters in contests against non-Malay candidates. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 10, 2017.

AFTER months of hearing it will be wiped out in the next national polls, PAS believes it has come up with the perfect plan to win the anticipated three-cornered contests and prove the critics wrong.

It will concentrate its efforts on mixed seats with more than 40% Malay voters that will be contested by non-Malay candidates from Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional.

The Islamist party hopes to harness the support of Malay voters, a party insider told The Malaysian Insight.
 
“PAS is confident that with support of its grassroots and the party machinery, and with the anti-Chinese sentiment, especially against DAP, it can win constituencies with 40% Malay voters in contests with non-Malay candidates,” the source said.

If PAS is right, PKR will likely lose many seats as most of the seats PAS targets are held by PKR’s non-Malay candidates.
 
“Maybe this is the reason PKR continues to remain on good terms with PAS,” said the source.
 
The source said the 13th general election (GE13) showed that Selangor, Perak, and Kuala Lumpur had many seats with such traits.
 
In Selangor, parliamentary seats with such traits are Selayang which has 45% Malay voters, Petaling Jaya Selatan (40%), Subang (48%), and Kapar (51%) while the state seats are Sekinchan (39%), Sungai Pelek (45%) and Sri Andalas (39%)
 
The four parliamentary seats are held by non-Malay candidates from PKR and the state seats by DAP and PKR.
 
Similar seats in Kuala Lumpur are Batu (44%) and Wangsa Maju (53%). Both were won by PKR in the last general election.
 
In Perak, PAS is eyeing Gopeng (43%), a parliamentary seat, and state seat Kuala Sepetang with 63% Malay voters. Both are also held by non-Malay PKR candidates.
 
In the last polls, Islamist rights champion, Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma), which contested on the Berjasa ticket, fielded Malay candidates in Selayang, Batu, and Kuala Sepetang.
 
Isma not only lost badly but also lost its deposits as it had neither grassroots support nor the backing of party machinery.
 
According to the source, PAS has what Isma lacked.
 
PAS is said to have mobilised its likely candidates in the respective seats.
 
In Selayang, PAS is aiming to field Selangor state exco member Zaidy Taib, who is also the PAS Selayang commissioner. He is the assemblyman for Taman Templar which is under the Selayang constituency. Zaidy won the seat with a majority of 7,467
 
His current campaign is not restricted to Taman Templar but he is also seen in Rawang and Kuang state seats which come under the Selayang constituency.
 
In the last election, PKR MP William Leong Jee Keen won Selayang with 52,287 votes and with a majority of 17,864, against MCA’s Lim Siang Chai (34,441) and Berjasa’s Mohd Hazizi Ab Rahman (4,152).
 
PAS’ Federal Territory deputy youth chief, Nurul Islam Mohamad Yusof  is expected to contest in the Batu parliamentary seat in the next election.
 
Batu is held by PKR vice-president Chua Tian Chang, better known as  Tian Chua, who is currently serving a one-month jail sentence.
 
In GE13, Tian Chua won with 41,672 votes and a majority of 13,284,  defeating  Gerakan candidate Dominic Lau How Chai (28,388), Berjasa’s Hashim Abdul Karim (949), and two independent candidates Nazariah Abbas (209) and Atan Jasin (164).
 
In Perak, PAS is looking at the Gopeng parliamentary seat and Kuala Sepetang state seat.
 
Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chai of PKR won in the last polls with a majority of 15,309, defeating MCA’s Tan Chin Meng.
 
In Kuala Sepetang, PKR’s Chua Yee Ling defeated MCA’s Loh Swee Eng with a slim majority of 758 votes while Berjasa’s Zainal Abidin Abd Rahman received 430 votes. – October 10, 2017.
 

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  • Hadi's PAS CANNOT DO MATH..Period. Unless the seat is NON-URBAN, the theory makes NO SENSE. All it does is deliver the seat to UMNO/BN..What they are thinking is that if the Malays are upset with Najib's UMNO, they will all go to PAS which is not the case with urban Malay voters. In Selangor, even in the most rural constituency, the Malay votes that does not go to UMNO/BN will be split between PAS and PH, letting UMNO win.

    Posted 8 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Dear readers, please remember what the Muslim Brotherhood tried to do in Egypt. After winning the elections (through democracy), they tried to change the constitution to become a theocracy, a dictatorship by the ulamas. Since BN is trying to be "friend-friend" with PAS, voters should be extra vigilant. Is BN helping PAS? We know in RUU355, BN helped PAS.

    Posted 8 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • “Maybe this is the reason PKR continues to remain on good terms with PAS,” ............ Real reason?..... Azmin and geng wanted to make sure they get reelected ..... voters be d*mmed !!! ..... who cares about living under PAS!!!

    Posted 8 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Of cos PAS has the "perfect plan" for GE14 ....

    PAS has "perfect plans" for everything, you see ....

    PAS had "perfect plans" back in GE13 and confidently contested in 70+ parliamentary seats.... And how many did they get? 21 lousy seats!!! ....

    So much so for support amongst the Malays for PAS....

    PAS consists of nothing more then con-men who are very clever with the language they use .... Like all good con-men, they know EXACTLY what their victims respond to .... In this case, it is Islam :) .....

    PAS knows they cannot win any of the seats above but their purpose is not to win - it is to help UMNO win ...

    A vote for PAS is a vote for UMNO .... but PAS supporters are too dumb to see this because they believe the con-men who run PAS .... I mean, a Muslim will never lie to another Muslim kan? :)

    Posted 8 years ago by Musa Ng · Reply

  • PAS has become swollen headed due to PKR sick patronising behaviour. PAS has forgotten that their core strength are only from their party members and consolidated only to the east coast. Most of their supporters whether active or dormant are already split in the breakaway party of Amanah and the remaining are just waiting for an opportune time to reveal themselves in their alignment . Coupled to the fact that the East Coast especially in Kelantan the economic deprivation and prolong hardship with all the undue stress of forgoing even a normal decent living are taking its toil over the preference in religious abidance which accounts for the state being the highest in vices satistic. These are the signs and symptoms which PAS has ignored and being blindedby their fool hardy myopic view of religious might thru' their make beliefs of dependable in Divine blessing to overcome.
    In much more developed or quite developed states in the peninsular as more suburbanites and even to certain isolated rural areas the economic strains are not selective or choosy by "bangsar dan agama". Non is spared. So what has PAS to offer even to a die hard religious freak when the denying basic neccessities are gnawing daily into his tummy and crazily tormenting his head will only resuly in him being wayward as what the silent majority are doing in Kelantan. PAS is a lost cause.!!!!!and still having a denial syndrome that their last victories are Almighty blessing. They will never have the opportunity to win in a three corner fight as their spoils will be just between PH and UmnoBN and again on their role as spolier to ensure a UmnoBN win may even back lash for the Rakyat irespective of race are now whose sentiments are at boiling point to whip and get rid of UmnoBN.. PAS is not even in the focal point or a cause for concerns.

    Posted 8 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply