Supporters of PKR's Badrul Hisham Shaharin claim that members of Penang PAS youth wing had tried to sabotage the former from filing his nomination papers yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: Trouble is brewing between PAS and PKR over the Sungai Acheh state seat in Penang.
Sungai Acheh is one of seven seats being contested by both PAS and PKR, resulting in a three-cornered fight with Barisan Nasional.
In Sungai Acheh, Badrul Hisham Shaharin, who is better known as Chegubard, will face off Pakatan Rakyat partner PAS’ Mohd Yusni Mat Piah and BN candidate Mahmud Zakaria.
The seat was won by Mahmud in 2008 by defeating PKR’s Dr Azhar Ahmad by 250 votes.
While leaders from PAS and PKR had said that they would resolve this issue in the next couple of days, a close associate of Badrul today revealed the extent of which PAS members had gone to ensure Badrul would fail to stand as a candidate for this seat.
Blogger and an official from Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), Edy Noor Reduan, said members of PAS youth wing from Penang had attempted to stop Badrul from filing his nomination papers in Nibong Tebal yesterday.
“The PAS youth members and their voluntary unit members tried to stop Badrul from entering the nomination centre yesterday morning.
“He was also assaulted by these people, his wife and children were shoved…all this so that he would not be able to submit his nomination papers,” claimed Edy Noor. Badrul is the chief of SAMM.
He said that there were many witnesses to this act of sabotage by the PAS members against Badrul.
Edy Noor said after failing to stop Badrul from entering the nomination centre, the PAS members had then tried to spread rumours that the PKR man was contesting as an independent, or that he was withdrawing from contesting.
He said PAS had been involved in this psywar from the very beginning in their attempt to derail Badrul’s chances of contesing for this seat.
“If the same was done by Umno, we would have had a good go at them…but if it is done by our own ally…we are just confused by what’s happening,” he said.
Leaders to decide
Edy Noor said that the Pakatan leadership had agreed on Badrul being the coalition’s candidate for Sungai Acheh, with PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali even giving an undertaking that PKR can contest in Sungai Acheh as PKR had given Labuan to PAS.
[However a PKR candidate is also contesting in Labuan, making it a three-cornered fight for the FT seat with a PAS candidate and a BN man.]
He said that PAS had seemed to have forgottten that they were afraid to contest in Sungai Acheh in 2008 and had given the seat to PKR to take on Umno.
“Now, since they are stronger, even friends they want to hit,” he said.
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim last night defended his decision to field Badrul for the Sungai Acheh state seat.
He said PKR and PAS were fielded for the state seat due to a misunderstanding between both parties when nominating their respective candidates.
“Give us another two or three days to resolve the matter,” he said during a political campaign at Kampung Tok Keramat, near here, last night.
PAS leaders have also said that they would meet tomorrow to sort out the issue with PKR.
PAS and PKR are contesting in seven seats and this could make it easy for BN to win these seats.
The seven seats are Labuan parliament seat, and six state seats: Sungai Acheh (Penang), Panti (Johor), Kota Damansara (Selangor), and three in Terengganu; Bukit Besi, Kota Putera and Seberang Takir.
PETALING JAYA: Trouble is brewing between PAS and PKR over the Sungai Acheh state seat in Penang.Sungai Acheh is one of seven seats being contested by both PAS and PKR, resulting in a three-cornered fight with Barisan Nasional.
In Sungai Acheh, Badrul Hisham Shaharin, who is better known as Chegubard, will face off Pakatan Rakyat partner PAS’ Mohd Yusni Mat Piah and BN candidate Mahmud Zakaria.
The seat was won by Mahmud in 2008 by defeating PKR’s Dr Azhar Ahmad by 250 votes.
While leaders from PAS and PKR had said that they would resolve this issue in the next couple of days, a close associate of Badrul today revealed the extent of which PAS members had gone to ensure Badrul would fail to stand as a candidate for this seat.
Blogger and an official from Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM), Edy Noor Reduan, said members of PAS youth wing from Penang had attempted to stop Badrul from filing his nomination papers in Nibong Tebal yesterday.
“The PAS youth members and their voluntary unit members tried to stop Badrul from entering the nomination centre yesterday morning.
“He was also assaulted by these people, his wife and children were shoved…all this so that he would not be able to submit his nomination papers,” claimed Edy Noor. Badrul is the chief of SAMM.
He said that there were many witnesses to this act of sabotage by the PAS members against Badrul.
Edy Noor said after failing to stop Badrul from entering the nomination centre, the PAS members had then tried to spread rumours that the PKR man was contesting as an independent, or that he was withdrawing from contesting.
He said PAS had been involved in this psywar from the very beginning in their attempt to derail Badrul’s chances of contesing for this seat.
“If the same was done by Umno, we would have had a good go at them…but if it is done by our own ally…we are just confused by what’s happening,” he said.
Leaders to decide
Edy Noor said that the Pakatan leadership had agreed on Badrul being the coalition’s candidate for Sungai Acheh, with PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali even giving an undertaking that PKR can contest in Sungai Acheh as PKR had given Labuan to PAS.
[However a PKR candidate is also contesting in Labuan, making it a three-cornered fight for the FT seat with a PAS candidate and a BN man.]
He said that PAS had seemed to have forgottten that they were afraid to contest in Sungai Acheh in 2008 and had given the seat to PKR to take on Umno.
“Now, since they are stronger, even friends they want to hit,” he said.
PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim last night defended his decision to field Badrul for the Sungai Acheh state seat.
He said PKR and PAS were fielded for the state seat due to a misunderstanding between both parties when nominating their respective candidates.
“Give us another two or three days to resolve the matter,” he said during a political campaign at Kampung Tok Keramat, near here, last night.
PAS leaders have also said that they would meet tomorrow to sort out the issue with PKR.
PAS and PKR are contesting in seven seats and this could make it easy for BN to win these seats.
The seven seats are Labuan parliament seat, and six state seats: Sungai Acheh (Penang), Panti (Johor), Kota Damansara (Selangor), and three in Terengganu; Bukit Besi, Kota Putera and Seberang Takir.
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Pas would be the worst performer in ge13. Thus derail anwar chances as a leader of a new govt. Two person to blame. The gAngster from tganu and the ketua pemuda group. All of whom curse anwar everyday. If kmrdn jaafar is the sec gen. This would not happen
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