Pas Youth deputy chief Azman Shapawi Abdul Rani said the wing will meet Deputy Higher Education Minister Saifuddin Abdullah on Aug 23 to discuss student involvement in politics.

“We will hand over a memorandum to the ministry. Students should be able to be involved in politics since they are our future leaders,” Azman told a press conference today.

High khaled nordin er Education Minister Khaled Nordin (left) had recently said the cabinet will not amend the Universities and University Colleges Act to allow students to actively participate in politics.

PAS Youth will also launch  a campaign against saman ekor (postal summonses) on Aug 23, at the Ramadan bazaar in Kampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur.

Azman said the wing is planning to collect more than one million signatures nationwide.

“We expect to get about 1,000 signatures during our launch. The petition will be submitted to the authorities by Hari Raya,” he said.

“We are not encouraging people to break the law, but we do not think that the saman ekor is fair.”

New secretary

Azman also said that Khairil Faizi Ahmad Kamil is now the PAS Youth secretary, taking over from Kamarulzaman Mohammad who has resigned.

“Kamarulzaman has to be away for six months to attend to some urgent matters. But he is still in the exco,” Azman said.

The wing has plan for a gathering of members from all over Malaysia, on March 5 and 6 next year.

“It will be called the ‘Gathering of 30,000' and  will take place in Kedah. This is in preparation for the next general election,” Azman added.