INTERVIEW Should PAS fare badly in the next general election, it will not be impossible for the Islamist party to lose control of its home base, Kelantan.

This is one of the issues that worries veteran PAS leader Mahfuz Omar, who himself was defeated in the party’s recent central leadership elections.

“What I really worry about is losing Kelantan,” Mahfuz said in an interview with Malaysiakini yesterday.

He has some basis to this claim.

Citing a survey conducted by 'a good friend' of his who works in a higher learning institution, Mahfuz said the percentage of those in favour of PAS was not satisfactory...