The party president has to go if PAS wants to remain in Pakatan and maintain its relevance as a political organisation.
According to him, this is the essential meaning of last night’s DAP decision to remain in Pakatan but to cut ties with Hadi, Shahbudin says.
He seems to argue that the best course open for PAS is to oust Hadi from the party presidency.
He says that while PAS can retain Hadi as its president and still remain in Pakatan, its relations with DAP and PKR will remain sour, leading to disagreements on seat allocation in the next general election and, inevitably, three-corner fights. This will render its membership in the alliance virtually meaningless.
Essentially, he says, PAS now has to decide whether to oust Hadi or get out of Pakatan and then go it alone or join Barisan Nasional. However, if it does decide to opt out of Pakatan, it will be only be a minor player in national politics.
“It’s now all up to PAS,” Shahbudin writes. “If it wants to remain in Pakatan and thereby keep winning urban and semi-urban seats such as those in Selangor, Perak, Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, it will have to withdraw the Private Member’s Bill or replace Hadi with someone else.
“Retaining Hadi will bring the risk of alienating non-Malay voters, who no longer trust Hadi. PAS will then be successful only with Malay votes in Kelantan, Terengganu and Kedah.
“Furthermore, by retaining Hadi, PAS will disappoint many of the professionals within the party.”
Neither will PAS be anymore successful if it decides to go it alone or join BN, he says.
“If it joins BN, it will be fighting for seats with Umno in the coming general election. With Umno being the dominant party in the coalition, it’s likely that PAS will get only a minority of seats.”
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