KOTA BAHARU, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat on Friday revealed that he had wanted to withdraw from politics but the idea was rejected by Kelantan Pas.
"I want to let out a personal secret of not wanting to contest in the general election anymore, but was rebuffed by Kelantan Pas. That is why I am still in politics until today," he told reporters after delivering a lecture at Dataran Ilmu, here, today.
Nik Aziz was earlier asked for his opinion on party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's intention of not contesting in the coming 13th general election to make way for any suitable echelon leader.
He said this was Hadi's own thing, and he (Nik Aziz) as the party's spiritual leader, could not do anything about it.
However, he suggested that Hadi contest at the parliamentary level to continue his struggle for the party.
Nik Aziz said Pas now had many qualified individuals to become candidates including the highly-educated ones with doctorates and professionals compared to previously where they were mostly pondok religious school teachers and ordinary villagers.
On another development, Nik Aziz said he would launch a fund to help the Muslim community in southern Thailand whose members were killed by Thai security forces.
He said the contributions would come from the people and not from the state government and the collection to be handed by a state government representative to the Thai consul here soon.
"I want to let out a personal secret of not wanting to contest in the general election anymore, but was rebuffed by Kelantan Pas. That is why I am still in politics until today," he told reporters after delivering a lecture at Dataran Ilmu, here, today.
Nik Aziz was earlier asked for his opinion on party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's intention of not contesting in the coming 13th general election to make way for any suitable echelon leader.
He said this was Hadi's own thing, and he (Nik Aziz) as the party's spiritual leader, could not do anything about it.
However, he suggested that Hadi contest at the parliamentary level to continue his struggle for the party.
Nik Aziz said Pas now had many qualified individuals to become candidates including the highly-educated ones with doctorates and professionals compared to previously where they were mostly pondok religious school teachers and ordinary villagers.
On another development, Nik Aziz said he would launch a fund to help the Muslim community in southern Thailand whose members were killed by Thai security forces.
He said the contributions would come from the people and not from the state government and the collection to be handed by a state government representative to the Thai consul here soon.
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