Karpal v Nasha feud: leave it to the duo, says PAS

(Malaysian Digest) – PAS maintains that the ongoing feud between DAP national chairman Karpal Singh and former PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa should be left to the duo.

PAS central committee member Khalid Samad said Karpal’s insistence on suing Nasharudin is his personal choice, Sinar Harian reported.

Khalid, who is also Selangor Deputy PAS Commissioner II, said the party will not interfere as they have never asked any of its members to issue a callous statement.

“That’s a personal matter; it’s up to Karpal if he still wants to sue Nasharudin or otherwise.

“Moreover, PAS has never asked Nasharudin to issue a statement in that vein towards any other leaders.

“But it doesn’t mean if Karpal is anti-hudud, he is anti-Islam,” the Shah Alam MP told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

Yesterday, Karpal had declared that he would continue his defamation proceedings against Nasharudin, after assessing the situation.

Nasharudin was alleged to have defamed Karpal by claiming that the latter was against hudud and Islam. Nasharudin had said he was ready for legal action by Karpal.

Other DAP and PAS leaders had previously also chosen to stay out of the fray and reiterated that the matter should be left between the two.

Khalid, meanwhile, believed that the issue won’t affect the outcome of the upcoming general election.

He said the dispute doesn’t involve any of the parties, and is confident that support for PAS will not be affected as a result.

“That is purely his (Nasharudin) personal views, there’s no need for the whole party to be involved.

“We’re certain that the people’s support is still with us even if we don’t interfere,” he said.