Federal Territories PAS Youth is upset with Felda’s newly-appointed chairperson, Isa Abdul Samad, for allegedly threatening to sack staff members found to be supporting Pakatan Rakyat.

The wing's acting head Herman Samsudeen claimed the threat was delivered during Isa’s first meeting with the employees in Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, recently.

Herman said this open threat reflects how desperate BN is to gain back its support from Felda staff by the 13th general election, adding that this budaya lapuk (old culture) is a norm for BN.

“When the party is desperate, they (BN) tend to threaten and pressure civil servants and the staff of other relevant agencies to continue to support the BN,” he said in a statement today.

Herman said that, if it was 10 or 20 years ago, Isa may have gotten away with this because the people were not as exposed to the law and their constitutional rights as they are now.

In fact, Isa cannot fire staff members as he pleases as each individual has the right to support any political leader and party as guaranteed by the constitution, Herman said.

“It would be a great mistake if Isa were to fire any staff members because he can be hauled to court,” he said.

Meanwhile, when contacted by Malaysiakini , Isa's aide said he will make further comments after viewing the statement made by the Federal Territories PAS Youth.