PAS trumpets ‘16:16’ dream for a cleaner goverment

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By admin-s On Jul 20, 2013

(MM) – “What would be our advantage if we don’t even get to be mentri besar? … If it is a draw, they cannot do anything dishonest,” said Abdul Hadi.

With just four days left on the campaign clock, PAS has not given up hope last night that its candidate Azlan Yusof will make history in triggering the nation’s first hung state assembly ever.

Speaking to around 400 locals in the riverside village of Kampung Nail here last night, party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang tried to convince supporters from across the political divide that a hung assembly would benefit every Terengganu resident, even if the mentri besar does not come from PAS.

“What is wrong if we leave it at 16:16? Give us 16 seats so we will be equals,” Abdul Hadi said in one of the nightly rallies here.

“Let one of them be the mentri besar,” he added. Terengganu is currently led by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said from Barisan Nasional (BN).

A PAS win this July 24 will see both BN and the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) each holding 16 state seats resulting in a hung assembly.

In such a case, Terengganu’s Sultan Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin would be obliged to choose the new mentri besar whom he believes to command the confidence of the majority of the assembly, or call for a fresh state election just months after Election 2013.

PAS has been banking on the possibility in its campaign here, using the “16:16 Terengganu Baru” (16:16 a new Terengganu) slogan.