DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng says Umno is no longer PAS’ main target as he said the Islamist party continued to bash DAP during its annual muktamar in Gombak, Selangor.

Lim was responding to the PAS party election results which were known late last night where the party president Abdul Hadi Awang’s faction - consisting mostly ulama - swept clean most of the top posts.

“The results are expected,” Lim said today when asked to comment about his close ally, former PAS deputy president Mohamed Sabu, who failed to retain his post.

Asked if the DAP would be making a decision as to its position in Pakatan Rakyat following the new developments in PAS, Lim ( photo ) said a statement would be issued after the ongoing PAS muktamar.

“Let them continue their DAP-bashing […]  somehow I feel Umno is no longer their main target already,” Lim said at a press conference in  Penang.

“The people can make their own assessment,” added the Penang chief minister noting that the PAS Dewan Ulama had passed a resolution urging the party to sever ties with DAP.

Lim, however, said the existing cooperation between DAP and PAS would remain unchanged in Penang.

However, it would be up to PAS to decide whether they want to remain in their positions in Penang, Lim added.

'Sidelined claims incorrect'

PAS leaders and members have been appointed to various posts in the state including those in the Penang Island City Council and the Seberang Perai Municipal Council as well as in village and development security (JKKK) committees and mosque committees.

On PAS being allegedly ' sidelined ' in Penang, Lim said the claim was  incorrect.

“If you look at the posts offered to PAS leaders, they are more than those offered to them in other Pakatan states and this even though PAS has only one state assemblyman in Penang” Lim said.

“If they are not happy about it (their number of posts), they can ask for a revision,” he added.

Lim said those who claimed that PAS was marginalised in Penang were probably 'frustrated' they were not given any positions.

The 'sidelined' claim was made at the muktamar by PAS Penang Dewan Ulama delegate Mohd Hanif Harun who is the board member of  the Kolej Islam Technology Antarabangsa Pulau Pinang (Kitab).

Kitab is under the purview of the Majlis Agama Islam Pulau Pinang, and its president is PAS Permatang Pasir assemblyman Salleh Man.

“This shows that he (Mohd Hanif) is incorrect. Please do not slander us, as slander is worst than murder,” Lim said.