PAS won’t go near ‘sinking ship’ Umno, says Hadi

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 25 Dec 2018 1:20PM · 7 Comments

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang says it is difficult to combine with Umno when the latter is beset with internal problems. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, December 25, 2018.

PAS will not enter into an alliance with Umno as it is a sinking ship, said Abdul Hadi Awang.

The PAS president said the Islamist party will only suffer damage if it were to link up with Umno.

“Umno is a sinking ship. If our ship was to go near it, chances are we will also sink. If we want to combine with them it will difficult,” Hadi was quoted as saying by the party’s mouthpiece Harakahdaily.

The Marang MP was at a programme in Dublin, Ireland, yesterday.

Although Umno was a sinking ship, it was not going to its grave any time soon, Hadi said.

PAS is willing to accept any of its “members jumping from the old ship”.

He added that PAS will not work with Umno as both Malay parties had different ideologies.

PAS wanted Islam to rule, not to be ruled, he said.

“We still don’t have any common ground to work on,” he was quoted as saying in the report but repeated an earlier line that the party will work with any party for the good of Islam.

The ties between both parties came under scrutiny after Umno, the lynchpin party in Barisan Nasional, lost the May 9 general election.

BN now only rules in Pahang and Perlis.

However, PAS did better in GE14 when it retained Kelantan and captured Terengganu, which it lost in the 2004 elections.

Subsequently, both parties cooperated in three by-elections – Sg Kandis, Seri Setia and Port Dickson.

PAS and Umno combined forces to oppose Putrajaya’s plan to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), which culminated in a rally in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, on December 8.

Despite these developments, leaders from both sides said they could not envisage the parties entering into an alliance or merging.

In the Harakah report, Hadi said PAS was willing to work with anyone who placed a premium on Muslims being given a prominent role in the country’s leadership.

Malaysia is a Muslim-majority state and it is wrong if its leadership is dominated by non-Muslims, he said. – December 25, 2018.

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  • Hadi bear in mind any Country that is Rule by Islam is WAR TORN FULL WITH BLOODSHED NO DEVELOPMENT NO EDUCATION EVERY BULIDING TURN TO RUMBLE ALL MINISTERIES CRUMBLE. This is by NATURE. When your Islam practice INJUSTICE MOTHER NATURE WILL SPEAK TO DEFEND THE POOR N NEEDY. CREATOR IS MORE POWERFULL THAN THE ISLAM THAT U PRACTICE. Malaysia is a SECULAR COUNTRY THAT IS WHY IT IS SAFE. Just bcoz u are big in number does not mean u are the Best. Minority is doing better We dont STEAL We Speak the TRUTH . Hadi your islam STEAL ALSO TELL LIES Etc Etc

    Posted 5 years ago by Tharan Singh · Reply

  • Hadi oh Hadi, there was a time, not too long ago, when UMNO was as arrogant as you are these days.

    Posted 5 years ago by Rock Hensem · Reply

  • Because Zahid is longer in-charge and Mohd Hassan does not want to go near PAS. Hadi-Zahid plan is blocked now. So Hadi quickly tell the

    Posted 5 years ago by S Y L · Reply

  • UMNO bodoh.

    Posted 5 years ago by Kenneth Tan · Reply

  • A man with no standing. A perfect personification of the term "Lalang"

    Posted 5 years ago by Mo Salleh · Reply

  • The best thing for Malaysia is for Hadi to embrace Najib and both be drowned in the sea of corruption, bigotry and racism.

    Posted 5 years ago by Panchen Low · Reply

  • Hadi The Saitan talking The follows are anak Saitan all Disguise as human.

    Posted 5 years ago by Danial Abdullah · Reply