PKR Youth chief rapped for criticising PAS chief
Syarhan said PKR had also back-stabbed PAS by negotiating with PSM which has never been an ally of Pakatan.
(The Star) – PAS Youth officials have slammed PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin for criticising PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang over the party’s decision to field candidates against its allies in GE13.
Perak PAS Youth chief Mohd Zawawi Abu Hassan defended his party’s decision in fielding candidates and said that the statement by the PKR Youth movement reflected his immature political attitude.
“When the head of the PKR Youth dares to belittle and accuse our president without seeking a clarifications first through a joint discussion then it can be construed as a wild accusation,” said Zawawi, who is the Gunong Semanggol assemblyman.
He said that the attitude displayed by Shamsul Iskandar was unacceptable.
Meanwhile, PAS Gombak division head Syarhan Humaizi Abdul Halim reminded Shamsul Iskandar to be careful before criticising PAS.
He noted that it was PKR’s cavalier attitude in selecting its own election candidates that had led to the fall of the Pakatan Rakyat government in Perak in 2008 after a number of its state assemblymen defected.
Syarhan said PKR had also back-stabbed PAS by negotiating with PSM which has never been an ally of Pakatan.
He claimed that it was PAS election machinery that had worked hard in the recent general election, including in helping PKR’s candidates to win as they were more disciplined and prepared.
“If we in PAS Youth can respect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as PKR adviser although there are many things which we may not agree upon, it would be nice if PKR Youth also learnt some manners by not criticising our leader.
“Behave yourself before the possibility arises that some other leaders will resort to criticising Anwar in public due to this uncouth act,” said Syarhan.
Apart from criticising Abdul Hadi, Shamsul in his policy speech at the party’s ninth congress here on Saturday also called on the leaders of the respective parties in the Pakatan Rakyat to expel their members who had contested against candidates from other Pakatan member parties, thus forcing multi-cornered fights.
