PAS needs non-Malay support or end up remaining a village political outfit with little traction outside the Malay belt. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 28, 2015.As usual Datuk Mustafa Ali is wide off the mark. He says that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will be stronger if Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim goes to jail.If there is one individual who has been divisive and absolutely unreliable for the opposition it would be PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. At times, he sounds like Datuk Ibrahim Ali. At times, he sounds like a village ustaz. At times, he sounds so unhinged you have to wonder if he has got it all together.But what he does not qualify as is the leader of Malaysians. In the last few months, Malaysians, including many PR supporters, have had to tolerate the arrogance of Hadi, Mustafa and other hardliners in PAS.Hadi wants to be treated like the number 1 leader in PR but can't even attend a meeting. This is akin of a someone saying that he has the qualifications to be the CEO but does not want to attend board meetings.He is a scaremonger and uses May 13 riots, just like right-wing politicians in Umno. And yet, he wants to be the leader of Malaysia, multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysia.Fact is Hadi and Mustafa suffer from hubris. They actually believe that their position on the main stage of Malaysian politics is the result of their hard work and their standing among Malaysians.It isn't.Without non-Malay support, PAS would be what it has always been: a village political outfit with little traction outside the Malay belt. The evidence does not lie.Hadi could not even hold on to Terengganu beyond one term, and it was the same in Kedah.Its hold on Kelantan is tenuous and given the state government's dismal handling of the floods, the smart money is on PAS losing its final foothold in Malaysian politics.Perhaps then, Hadi can return to what he was before PR gave him national prominence: just a fire-and-brimstone voice in the village. And Mustafa can return to what he was: assistant to the village politician. – January 28, 2015.
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