The hypnotist — Tay Tian Yan

Finally we will have a one less troublemaker in politics if Hasan Ali is eventually removed by PAS.

Of course, it is no one’s wish that he will be picked up by another party, including Umno.

Already coming to an end of his political career, Hasan Ali said he wouldn’t bother whether PAS would nominate him or approve of what he did, so long as Allah approves him.

He insisted that he was defending Islam, and was fighting for the rights of the Malays and the Rulers, saying that he would not back down in his efforts to promote greater integration between his party and Umno.

Yes, this is Hasan Ali that we know, an expert in packaging himself with a noble objective and exalting himself with flowery language.

Please be reminded that he was a motivation speaker, a master in group hypnotism, before he went into politics.

Hypnotism will not get the problems solved, but will instead bring on an array of side-effects.

No one should query his noble intent of defending Islam, the Malays and the Rulers, but the problem is no one in the state of Selangor nor anywhere in the country would ever rise up against Islam, the Malays or the Rulers.

A member of the state exco, Hasan Ali’s duty is to take care of everyone’s needs in the state, Muslims or non-Muslims, and promote racial and religious harmony. However, he chooses to exclude this all-important role.

While the hypnotist puts everyone under his spell, he himself falls into the trap of excessive self-conceit.

He has assumed the role of a guardian of Islam over the years, and yet he continues to suspect that someone out there is trying to erode the status of Islam, the Malays and the Rulers.

Selangor used to enjoy relatively harmonious inter-religious relationship, but thanks to his conspiracy theories, restlessness and discord began to surface.

He pushes for the Islamisation of state administration, banning sale of liquor in convenience stores and barring Muslims from taking up employment in non-halal work places. To him, the state of Selangor must be “sanctified” to his requirements.

He fervently defended Jais’ raid on DUMC, and claimed that the church was behind the proselytisation of Muslims without offering any solid evidence.

The Pakatan state government rejected Kushrin as the state secretary, but Hasan Ali was strongly in favour.

A key member of PAS, he has gone an extra mile to promote integration between his party and Umno without taking into consideration the split he could have created within his party as well as the possible collapse of the opposition pact.

He has become an embarrassment to the Selangor government and PAS. His ways of doing things are contravening public aspirations.

Malaysians have had enough of the hypnotist. PAS wants him out, and the division he is now heading refuses to nominate him for re-election.

Malaysian politics will be more sober and lucid with his departure. — mysinchew.com