COMMENT That PAS is losing the middle ground within its own party can be inferred from the decision of its Permatang Pauh division to sever ties to the party’s state assembly representative for the ward in the parliamentary constituency, Salleh Man.

Salleh is the sole representative from PAS in the Penang legislative assembly, having retained the seat for the party in a by-election in 2009 and being re-elected in the general election in May 2013 (GE13).