Hadi-led PAS is beyond the pale

comments     Terence Netto     Published     Updated

COMMENT The latest round of public pronouncements by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang served only to confirm that an Islamist party led by him has no place in a fledgling Pakatan 2.0.

Hadi is reported to have told the weekend edition of Utusan Malaysia - admittedly, a not very reliable conduit for the thoughts of the head of a party that’s now regarded as a manipulable rival by the paper’s political owners - that PAS would be fielding candidates from its Supporters Congress in non-Muslim majority seats.

This translates as PAS will field Chinese candidates in DAP-held seats, which must be music to Utusan’s patron’s (Umno) ears.

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