COMMENT Unlike his predecessor who is well-respected even by the non-Muslim community, Abdul Hadi Awang is one big contradiction.

He was not even amongst the top few opposition leaders who debated against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) when it was first brought up in the public domain.

In Parliament, he hardly made a squeak about it. How many times has Hadi raised the issue of the TPPA in Parliament? Did he make big news with his anti-TPPA? Does he even understand the TPPA agreement and why other opposition leaders like Nurul Izzah Anwar had opposed it but he kept silent about it?