PAS Spiritual advisor Niz Aziz supports Zaid Ibrahim as the Hulu Selangor candidate completely and will even be campaigning for him personally.

pas information meeting 090110 nik aziz Khalid Samad (PAS- Shah Alam) refuted claims that PAS is not agreeable to Zaid and said once the Kelantan Menteri Besar returns from Mecca, he will issue a statement to that effect.

Zaid has been under attack from BN for being partial to liquor in the past, which goes against Islamic tenets.

"There is no issue regarding his candidacy as far as PAS is concerned," Khalid told Malaysiakini. In fact Nik Aziz ( right ) is expected to be campaigning on the ground from Friday.

When asked why the PAS campaign seems rather sluggish in Hulu Selangor, Khalid explained that this was mainly due to organisational constraints as the programmes were arranged by PKR and the joint committee, and sometimes it took too long to decide what had to be done.

He explained that the organisational strength of PKR in Hulu Selangor is not that well established and that slowed down the PAS machinery.

He further claimed that Dr. Halili Rahmat could be another reason which slowed down the Pakatan Rakyat election machinery.

"As Dr Halili was a PKR divisional leader, there might have been elements of sabotage," adding that perhaps some PKR members did not work hard as they were sympathising with Dr Halili.

pas dap selangor talk 071009 khalid samad Fortunately, now that Dr. Halili had now made his declarations and pledged loyalty to Umno, Khalid ( left ) said that things are very clear cut.

"The machinery will now work faster and smoother," he claimed.

There has suggestions that Pas is not supportive of the candidacy in Hulu Selangor, hence their election machinery had been lacklustre.

BN leaders have claimed that Pas is not happy with the candidate and that there is unrest among the DAP-PAS-PKR coalition, which resulted into PAS campaigning half heartedly.

Khalid explained that things will change as of today as PAS had asked for full autonomy to plan their campaign in Hulu Selangor. We can now move at maximum speed," he said.

Change of strategy

Meanwhile, the Shah Alam MP revealed that Pakatan will change their strategy in campaigning in Hulu Selangor.

"Now we want to be on the offensive, to attack BN and not just be defending our candidate and letting them dictate the issues.

"We are reminding our speakers and our people not to be too defensive. We have to be on the attack and we will respond to their attack in just one or two sentences. And the rest of it must be attacking BN on all the issues that can hurt BN," he explained.

Khalid said they will be talking on the issues of Apco, Government Service Tax (GST), the role of Pakatan Rakyat's MPs and why it is important to get Zaid to Parliament.

On the issue of Zaid consuming alcohol, he said that that was all in the past and should be left there.