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COMMENT | It was recently announced that PAS had dropped Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar from its list of candidates for the 14th general election.

This came around the same time that Mahfuz and three other PAS Kedah assemblypersons attended the Amanah national convention in Alor Setar.

Mahfuz responded by expressing his thanks, saying that to contest under PAS in this next election would be a betrayal to the rakyat, as doing so would only help BN win.

More importantly, Mahfuz also said once again that he would not leave PAS.

"I want to send a message to PAS members that they don't have to leave PAS and join any (Pakatan) Harapan parties, but what is important is for them to support Harapan,” he said.

While Mahfuz has made his pro-Harapan feelings quite clear, it is commendable that he has taken this stance.

His stance recognises the importance of PAS as a movement and a party as a whole, and the cyclic nature of change in PAS’ leadership.

Simply put, there are periods where conservatives run PAS, but there are also periods where progressives run PAS.

Most of the current leaders in Amanah once held some of the highest positions in the party leadership.

It is not far-fetched to imagine that had they stayed in PAS, they and those of similar ideological bents may have risen to the top once again sometime in the future as the wheel turned again...

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