If Amanah a sure loser, why is PAS so worried?

YOURSAY | 'PAS should look in the mirror as the Chinese voters will not vote for them.'

Look in the mirror, PAS tells Amanah over Kuala Kangsar

Kamalappans: Perak PAS commissioner Razman Zakaria, I wonder why your party is worried if Amanah joins the battle for Kuala Kangsar.

The way you sound, you can’t win if you don’t have support, so if that's the case then why are your guts showing signs of shrinking?

Kudaku Lari: PAS is getting worried by the day. Now it knows that PAS supporters are split, so it would not even be getting support from its own members that have now gone to Parti Amanah Negara. Don't even dream of getting Chinese votes.

Umno voters will remain with Umno, so it's a sure thing that Amanah will win Kuala Kangsar with a more comfortable majority.

Please be known that the previous candidate who stood for the seat in GE13 is now in Amanah.

Perak Boleh: PAS should take a look in the mirror as the 24 percent of Kuala Kangsar's Chinese voters will make sure they will not vote for them.

Fear: Why the need to look in the mirror when you can look at PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, already saying he wants to be BN's adviser and support PM Najib Razak even when all others call for him to resign.

Wira: PAS, you could not even command a majority among the Malay voters in Kuala Kangsar and yet you claim you can win here.

I am sure most non-Muslims will boycott this election in disgust if this is a straight fight between Umno and PAS.

We all know that with Hadi at the helm, a vote for PAS is a vote for Umno.

Lamps: PAS is a joke. There are 31 percent non-Malay voters in Kuala Kangsar. PAS will get zero votes from them. PAS knows they cannot win Kuala Kangsar and they are very scared.

Amanah will beat PAS and Umno in Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar. Mark my words.

Hplooi: In my opinion, even in a straight PAS-BN fight, it would be difficult for PAS to win.

1) In the last election (2013) PAS lost by 1,082 votes (I imagine a large portion of the non-Muslims would have voted for PAS).

2) In this by-election, I forsee that a large portion of these voters who had previously voted for PAS may abstain (refer to the Sarawak election).

3) Since it will be difficult for PAS to win in a straight fight, then it is better that PKR/Amanah put up their candidate.

James_3392: Razman, what's wrong with letting Umno continue winning in the constituency? Wasn't that Hadi's wish?

Dont Just Talk: Pakatan Harapan should not waste time talking to the recalcitrant Hadi, just name and field their candidates in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar.

With three-cornered fights, the ultimate winner would be Umno Baru, and then the '681 American Pies' man will proclaim that he still has the voters' support.

Onyourtoes: PAS, it does not matter what you say. PAS and Umno are the same. Voters voting for PAS will also vote for Umno, so the split is between PAS and Umno.

PAS, you are welcome to contest against Harapan and Amanah. It is advantageous to the opposition.

Fairnsquare: PAS, you knew you are not welcome in East Malaysia and the only reason Amanah failed there is because they are a breakaway of PAS. You were the reason for Amanah's failure in East Malaysia.

So to PAS I say, you take a look in the mirror. All opposition parties should abandon all arrangements with PAS, the Umno Trojan horse.

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali must use his common sense and stop using his experience acquired during his stint with Umno. Times have changed.

The Analyser: Who do you think would vote for Amanah?

Disillusioned Chinese would not vote for an Islamist party after their recent experience with PAS. Disillusioned Malays would not vote for a party with Chinese affiliations, after their recent debacle with Pakatan Rakyat.

And only the kampung folks would vote for a party with no vision and no direction. People would prefer not to vote, rather than to support this political abomination. BN is better than both PAS or Amanah.

To cut to the chase, the unpleasant reality of both these by-elections is that the fools of the opposition have handed both seats over to BN through their own incompetence, greed and selfishness... and cowardice.

The Mystifier: Rest assured, PAS will lose at least another 24 percent of the vote in Kuala Kangsar this time.

JMC: It is time for Amanah to make its debut in the elections and in Parliament. This is the right time to show the people who they are and what they stand for.

We have good candidates in them like Mohamad Sabu and Nizar Jamaluddin just to name two.

I am sure they will be able garner sufficient support from the voters to remain significant in their role in the opposition in the future.

As for PAS, it is time to take their stand on Umno to the people to get their approval of its new relationship with the latter.-Mkini