In landslide win, PAS conservatives clinch all three veep posts

(Malay Mail Online) – Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah (pic), Idris Ahmad, and Datuk Iskandar Abdul Ismail were made PAS vice-presidents tonight, completing a landslide victory for the party’s top posts by the pro-clergy, or ulama, faction.

Their win saw incumbents Datuk Husam Musa and Salahuddin Ayub knocked out of the race, including former vice-president and 2015 hopeful Datuk Mahfuz Omar.

All three of victors were in the candidates list endorsed by the powerful Ulama wing released in its muktamar, or annual congress yesterday.