Dr Hasan and Khalid to face media and explain ongoing feud
(The Star) – It promises to be a hot day in PAS with two opposing factions set to present their case to the media today as an ongoing feud reaches a new high.
The controversial Datuk Dr Hasan Ali, a Selangor executive councillor and former state party commissioner, is scheduled to meet the media at his home in Taman Tun Dr Ismail at 11am.
At about the same time, PAS central committee member and Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad (pic) will hold court with the media on issues involving Dr Hasan.
Khalid, a staunch critic of Dr Hasan, will be accompanied by several Selangor Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
Dr Hasan was initially expected to meet the media yesterday to respond to allegations levelled against him by secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali and others in the party in relation to his proposal for PAS-Umno unity talks.
Dr Hasan said that he intended to put everything in the “right perspective”, stressing his loyalty to PAS.
Despite his criticisms, Khalid said that Dr Hasan should remain in the party and urged the latter to be a team player.
Mustafa has reiterated the party’s stand that PAS was not interested in unity talks with Umno and that Dr Hasan was never entrusted to pursue such an agenda.
For Dr Hasan, maintaining his stance is unlikely to earn him more support beyond the handful who are on his side such as Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan and former deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa.
The question now is whether or not the party’s top leadership will finally decide if they should act against Dr Hasan for going against the party line, and what the latter says today is expected to have a big impact.
