PAS’ youth wing today demanded that the Home Ministry take responsibility for the Mismah “conspiracy”, or else they will take their grouses to the streets.

PAS national youth elections director Mohd Sany Hamzan said they are giving the government two opportunities to explain the controversy surrounding permanent resident status holders listed on the electoral rolls and their sudden conversion to full citizens after the issue was highlighted in the media.

pas sent memo to home ministery 110811 left suhaizan kaiat and khairul faizi ahmad kamil "We are giving the Home Ministry seven days to come up with a response. If they do not respond, we will raise the issue with the prime minister.

"If again there is no response, we will organise a public rally," he said after presenting a memorandum on the issue to the Home Ministry.

Mohd Sany did not give a specific time frame as to when they would hold the rally should the government remain silent on the issue, though he indicated that it could be held after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations.

The memorandum, addressed to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, outlines five demands from PAS;

  • For an in-depth investigation into the issue,
  • For stiff action to be taken against those found to have betrayed the country,
  • Launch a full-scale effort to avoid a recurrence of the issue,
  • Expose those behind this “conspiracy” to serve as a lesson to potential traitors,
  • To protect the nation’s security and sovereignty from such threats.
The memorandum was received by a special officer to Hishammuddin at the ground floor of the Home Ministry building.

NONE This is the latest move by PAS Youth in pursuing the matter, after Malaysiakini exposed at least one case involving an individual named Mismah - who was initially listed as a PR holder but was included on the latest update to the country’s electoral rolls.

‘Full citizenship within hours’

Her status was however changed to full citizenship barely hours after the issue made the headlines, with the Election Commission explaining that it was a mere technical glitch where the National Registration Department had failed to update its data despite Mismah having received full citizenship since January this year.

Mohd Sany pointed out that checks conducted in Selangor, Perak, Penang, Johor, Kelantan and Terengganu yielded similar cases where PR holders were registered as voters, with at least 1,100 identified in Selangor alone.

He also blasted the excuse of technical issues given by the EC, stressing that no mere office boy or clerk would be able to do something of this magnitude without explicit support from their superiors and those in power.

“PAS Youth believes the act of changing the PR status to citizenship is a political one aimed at preserving the power structure of the ruling party,” he said.