PH cytros poke fun at PAS Sg Bakap by-election candidate as “first human recipient of ISO 14001”

THE Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition may have a mountain to climb to wrest the Sungai Bakap constituency from incumbent PAS in the July 6 state by-election but the academic credential of its candidate Abidin Ismail has left a lot to be desired.

This has inevitably led to pro-unity government cybertroopers having a gala time embarking on a character assassination exercise of the special officer of the late Sungai Bakap assemblyman Nor Zamri Latiff especially after PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man announced that Abidin holds “the ISO14001-2015 certification”.

The Kubang Kerian MP has inadvertently mentioned Abidin, 56, who is also the PAS Nibong Tebal vice-chairman as an “ISO14001-2015 certification” holder on Saturday (June 15) when unveiling him as the Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the seat which fell vacant due to Zamri’s demise.

“The first human in the world to get ISO Certification” laughed social media influencer JOKER(@BadBoy2662) in a post on the X platform. “As far as I know, such certification is only conferred to companies or factories. ”

Reacting to JOKER, netizen Orenji オレンジ Kementerian Kamen Rider Malaysia (@OrenjiRenOren) explained that the ISO 14001 certificate refers to Environmental Management Systems.

“This is really funny … Only a company has this certificate. No human had ever received such certificate. This is rare,” added Orenji オレンジ.

For the record, this is the second time that the academic status of a Perikatan Nasional (PN) by-election candidate has come under scrutiny after that of Bersatu candidate Khairul Azhari Saut was questioned in the run-up to the May 11 Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) by-election.

Recall that many PH supporters had poured scorn on the 54-year-old Hulu Selangor Bersatu acting division chief by raising doubts over his rather “express jump” from SPM to a diploma some 33 years later before obtaining an Executive Masters in Business Management within a span of two years at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

Also trolling Abidin’s education status is Rangga Is Back (@alif_haidar) who wondered how come Abidin’s profile does not state his education background.

“This is definitely a case of not being intelligent … he is picked as a candidate because he joined politics early,” remarked the social media influencer.

In stark comparison to Abidin’s ‘simple’ education status, his PH opponent from PKR Dr Joohari Ariffin, 60, boasts academic excellence as evidenced from his by-election profile. – June 18, 2024

 

- Focus Malaysia