Handouts during polls were charity, not against election rules, says Hadi

Mohd Farhan Darwis Mohd Farhan Darwis Updated 10 months ago · Published on 21 Jan 2023 2:57PM · 2 Comments

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has defended the party’s distribution of cash to voters during the general election, saying it was not against election rules as it was for charity. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, January 21, 2023.

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has defended the party’s distribution of cash to voters during the last general election, stating that it was charity, hence not against election rules. 

The Marang MP said existing rules only prohibited contesting candidates and contesting their representatives from giving cash to voters. 

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  • Bodoh...bribery converted to charity. You think god is stupid.

    Posted 10 months ago by Alphonz Jayaraman

  • It's the old donation story.
    Has Hadi learnt a trick or two from Najib?
    So there can never be an instance of corruption, because everything can be classified as a donation?
    So much for holiness.

    Posted 10 months ago by Arul Inthirarajah