Hasan tells why he won’t appeal his sacking

The former PAS vice-president gives five reasons for his stand.

By Ahmad Shukran Shaharudin

KUALA LUMPUR: Former PAS vice-president Hasan Ali who was sacked from the party on Jan 9 has given five reasons why he would not file an appeal on the sacking.

In an exclusive interview with Bernama, Hasan laid out the five reasons:

• PAS has abandoned its original struggle to form an Islamic state and replaced it with a concept of a welfare state, which can be implemented in any secular country with any system or political practice.

• PAS has lost its respectable stand and firmness, and thus often taken for granted by its partners in the opposition pact, especially DAP, which has gone to the extent of boldly rejecting PAS’ Islamic state concept.

• PAS is too eager to take over Putrajaya to the extent of sacrificing Islam and collaborating with DAP which is clearly “an enemy of Islam.”

• The minds of ulama have been corrupted by the presence of 70 percent of “parasites” in its top leadership with political interests other than, and different from, the original PAS’ vision.

• The loyalty of PAS elected representatives in Parliament is more towards Anwar Ibrahim, by giving huge attention to the opposition leader when he speaks in Parliament but the same level of attention has not been accorded to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Hasan said PAS had deviated from its original struggle and would continue to deviate if it continued to stay in the opposition pact with DAP and PKR.

“If the opposition pact wins the election with the existing component configuration, there will be no Islamic state, no hudud law and no Islamic elements in economic, social, agriculture and foreign policies.

“When PAS collaborates with DAP and PKR, PAS cannot form the Islamic state. Anwar, who is PKR de facto leader, doesn’t seem to be interested.

“I spent 15 years in PAS. I joined the party because I want Islam and ulama leadership, as promoted in the party’s tagline. That’s the biggest reason I joined PAS, but ulama leadership is no longer dominant and the concept of Islamic state no longer exists in PAS. So, on what aspect should I hold on to?” he said.

Unwritten law

Hasan said PAS leadership must improve themselves and make an “islah” or a reform as the current principles upheld by the party were simply wrong.

“Although Putrajaya is very necessary, to uphold the status of Islam, Malays and the Malay Rulers should be the final goal of our political struggle,” he said.

Hasan, who is also former Selangor PAS commissioner, said the minds of ulama had been corrupted by the presence of 70 percent of “parasites in its top leadership”.

“After ruling Selangor for three years and 10 months, the opposition should’ve reviewed its strength, weaknesses and chances. I can list out 20 of their weaknesses, but the opposition pact didn’t do that and didn’t dare to do that,” he said.

He also criticised Anwar for keeping on testing people’s reactions through demonstrations.

“Demonstrations can be good, but not all the time. The country will turn into anarchy if everybody comprehends things according to their own ways of thinking,” he said.

Hasan also claimed that there was an unwritten law in the opposition pact that every issue must be referred first and foremost to Anwar.

This would eventually lead to an autocratic leadership and PAS being totally manipulated and used by PKR and DAP, he said.

- Bernama