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Monday, November 10, 2014

Hadi should resign, say PAS insiders, to keep him and Pakatan healthy

Party sources say PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's temperament has changed after he was hospitalised in Turkey. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, November 10, 2014.Party sources say PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's temperament has changed after he was hospitalised in Turkey. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, November 10, 2014.
Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang is being persuaded by his peers in PAS to resign as party president, sources say, to prevent his health and relationship with other Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders worsening.
They told The Malaysian Insider that this was so that the Islamist party could repair ties with PR partners, DAP and PKR, that have been strained lately by Hadi’s cold attitude towards the coalition.
The PAS president has not attended the coalition’s presidential council meetings since disagreeing with PKR and DAP over the move to remove Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as Selangor Menteri Besar last August.
Hadi’s temper also appears to be on a short fuse, as shown when he upbraided opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who visited him at his Terengganu home during the height of the Selangor MB saga.
“The president has changed a lot since he was hospitalised in Turkey. He constantly makes unilateral decisions. It may be time for him to step down,” said the veteran leader who requested anonymity.
After clashing repeatedly with other PR leaders, Hadi did not attend the launching of PR’s 2015 shadow budget at the Dewan Rakyat on October 10.
It is learnt that the move to persuade the 66-year-old to step down is being handled by the party’s veteran leaders whom Hadi respects.
Sources said that Hadi could be persuaded to relinquish the president’s post to take up the post of Mursyidul Am (spiritual leader) which is currently held by Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.
By bowing out of the day-to-day running of the Islamist party and dealing with PR partners, Hadi would have the time to rest. But he would still be an influential voice in the party by virtue of being the Mursyidul Am.
The source said that it was hoped that Hadi would announce that he would not be defending the president's post in the party’s elections next year.
The biggest obstacle to the move to get Hadi to step down is the fact that in PAS, there is no retirement age, as exemplified by Nik Aziz still holding the Mursyidal Am post despite his poor health.
"Leadership in PAS is different from other organisations or parties. A leader in PAS is the leader of a Muslim movement,” said a party source.
Despite all the talk of Hadi taking PAS out of PR, the president declared at the party’s assembly in August that the party remained committed to the coalition.
But he stressed that PAS would continue to have its own independent ideology and take positions that could differ from its partners.
Anwar had also recently refuted allegations that Hadi was giving PR the cold shoulder, saying that he was in contact with Hadi.
“It’s not nice to say that. I have communicated with him. It’s not a problem,” said Anwar.
If Hadi does step down, the party would also be faced with the challenge of finding a successor given the deep rifts among its senior leadership.
PAS’s number two is Hadi’s deputy Mohamad Sabu, a popular but also polarising leader who is disliked by the party’s conservatives and those who don’t like Anwar.
“Many will not be comfortable with Mohamad Sabu. But one person popular to take over from Hadi could be vice-president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man,” said a party activist of 30 years.
The problem is, Tuan Ibrahim has no interest in helming the party.
Another party activist, however, believes that Mohamad is the right person to take over from Hadi.
“Who else is more respected by PKR and DAP if not Mohamad? He is liked by both Anwar and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.
“He also has vast experience in representing the party in presidential council meetings when Hadi could not attend.”
Tuan Ibrahim, who is also Pahang PAS commissioner, is a popular ulama after Hadi and Nik Aziz due to his openess.
Aside from Tuan Ibrahim and Mohamad, there is also a small-scale campaign to get another vice-president, Datuk Husam Musa, to take over from Hadi.
“If Hadi steps down voluntarily, I think that he would choose Tuan Ibrahim as his successor,” said a source.
- TMI

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