PAS leaders, including those in the cabinet, lack diplomacy, complained Umno supreme member Mohd Puad Zarkashi.
Puad (above) said PAS leaders were “frothing” when he criticised Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad and special envoy to the middle east Abdul Hadi Awang over 380 haj pilgrims who were stranded at KLIA.
“Some PAS members like to use bad words. If their minister is in Mecca, where is his deputy? Are all his officers in Mecca too?
“(The prime minister) sent his political secretary to Baling to visit flood victims because the prime minister was away in Turkey,” wrote Puad on his Facebook page today.
Puad said PAS leaders were lacking in public relations skills and gave several examples of how to handle crises.
“When there was a big flood in Tanah Merah, Kelantan in 2014, Najib Abdul Razak was playing golf with (then US president) Barack Obama.
“This is ‘golf diplomacy’. The very next day, he flew back to Malaysia.
“Idris does not need to fly back but he can show some concern... Since he was already in Mecca, he can show some PR (skills) by negotiating (on behalf of the pilgrims) with the Saudi government,” said Puad.
In another example, Puad said after the shooting down of flight MH17 in 2014, Najib had used unofficial channels to bring back the remains of victims to Malaysia.
“That is what is called PR in leadership. Najib used quiet diplomacy by calling separatists on the phone. This has never happened before.
“Where is the PR coming from Idris and Hadi to help those who trying to perform their pilgrimage? If they had good PR, Malaysia will have a bigger haj quota,” said Puad.
The 380 victims were reportedly cheated by a travel agency. They were promised a “furada visa” which was separate from the quota imposed on the Tabung Haji board imposed by the Saudi government. - Mkini
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