PAS agreed to back PM in Parliament, not in Semenyih, says Takiyuddin

Diyana Ibrahim Asila Jalil Diyana Ibrahim, Asila Jalil Updated 5 years ago · Published on 18 Feb 2019 10:20AM · 2 Comments

PAS secretary Takiyuddin Hassan (left) says the party president Abdul Hadi Awang asked to meet the prime minister last week because Hadi suspected trouble was brewing in the Pakatan Harapan ranks. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 18, 2019.

PAS promised support for Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the event of a no-confidence vote in Parliament against the prime minister, but it is not backing Pakatan Harapan in the Semenyih by-election, said Takiyuddin Hassan.

The PAS secretary-general said the party’s position in a vote of no confidence in the prime minister was among several issues discussed in a closed door meeting with Dr Mahathir last Friday.

“The three of us – Abdul Hadi Awang, Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, and I signed a letter which said we will back Dr Mahathir Mohamad should a vote of no confidence take place in parliament. It has nothing to do with the Semenyih by-election,” Takiyuddin said, after a meeting with Umno at the Barisan Nasional operation room in Semenyih.

“There is nothing for me to hide.”

Takiyuddin declined, however, to confirm if the support for Dr Mahathir was linked to the RM90 million scandal surrounding PAS leaders.
 
He said last week’s meeting was held at the request of Hadi, who suspected a brewing internal conflict in Pakatan Harapan.

“We know that the parliament session is starting in March (and our suspicions of infighting grew) with Mahathir’s statement in which he said there is a betrayal. We politicians can sense such things.”

“Our president felt the same, that something is not right, so he asked to meet Mahathir.” 

Takiyuddin added that the meeting last week also discussed oil royalties due to PAS-controlled states as well as the lack of  representation for Kelantan and Terengganu in the new Economic Action Council.

Takiyuddin reiterated that PAS would continue to work with Umno.

He said PAS participation in the Semenyih by-election campaign is on a “smaller scale is because it is a state seat.” compared with “Cameron Highlands, which was a parliamentary seat”.

“We believe the voters know what to do. We give our full support to Umno.”

Previously, Dr Mahathir said that at last week’s meeting, PAS had agreed in writing not to back BN and Umno in the Semenyih by-election.

Dr Mahathir, Hadi, Samsuri and Takiyuddin supposedly signed the agreement at the meeting.

Dr Mahathir said Hadi told him that PAS had backed BN in the Cameron Highlands by-election because the PH candidate was from DAP, the sworn enemy of PAS.

The Semenyih by-election is a four-cornered fight between Muhammad Aiman Zainali (PH), Zakaria Hanafi (BN), Kuan Chee Heng (independent) and Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul (Parti Sosialis Malaysia).

The by-election is held following the death of Bakhtiar Mohd Nor on January 11 from a heart attack. – February 18, 2019.

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  • Haha there you go, true colours being shown. Trust at your peril.

    Posted 5 years ago by Adrian Tan · Reply

  • First of all let Semenyih fall to anyone but PH. Mahatir needs to be rein in as he has surreptiously making his move similar to his old self where he thinks and act like a dictator. PH will not be jolted but Bersatu will !!!. A kecil mayung party making back stabbing decision just because he is a PM. He is using that Premier position to consolidate his power by enlarging his party by whateve means even it is detrimental or in direct conflicts to PH principles. Look at all his comments and statement where he has simply giving lame and unsupported excuses for him to act in such manners. If the rest of the component parties in PH are too meek to tell him off , well you deserve a dominant person to be your master. Right now even with the Umno traitors who have abandoned their own party and banded with him are not enough to wield total control in the parliament seating. Sarawak is watching the drama play of Sabah debacles like hawk eventho' it is nothing new to them on Mahatir chracteristic. They are also thinking of reducing their dependence on Mahatir influence. Right now Mahatits needs to be re educated as a serious team player and it is imperatively that he is peremptorily told to do so now where all are still in status quo..

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply