Zaid Ibrahim says he will campaign for the Independent candidate in Chempaka because Kelantanese do not need more prayers but real action to resolve real issues.
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PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has said he will campaign for his friend who will be contesting in the upcoming Chempaka by-election under an Independent ticket against PAS, saying he was happy to do it because Kelantanese do not want more prayers to solve their problems, but real action carried out by a “normal person”.
In his latest blog entry, he wrote: “A ‘normal person’ has more experience of life and can understand better the people’s problems.
“Such a person wouldn’t just pray for those problems to go away, but would instead do something about them”, adding that PAS was all about Hudud when it clearly wasn’t the priority in Kelantan at the moment.
He said rather than have a “leader who can lead us in prayers”, Kelantanese needed a “good and honest government” and someone who would fight for real issues like clean water, housing, better irrigation, and garbage collection.
“They need drug problems to be seriously looked at,” Zaid added.
He also commented on the passing of the much beloved Tok Guru – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, and said without him, PAS was clueless and left with no identity because the party had nothing to do with politics to begin with but was an Islamist party fashioned around their Tok Guru.
Noting that the ulama faction had been plunged into chaos with the passing of Nik Aziz, Zaid said, “If they think that by introducing hudud they can somehow recover their identity and legitimacy, then they certainly do not understand the Kelantanese.
“We do not want hudud because we are a hard-working people and need all our limbs intact!” Zaid said referring to PAS’s fixation with implementing hudud with its harsh sentences of amputation and stoning for some acts deemed criminal.
He added, “We, in Kelantan, must elect a leader who can administer the state and who can deal with the real problems of the people – not imaginary ones.”
FMTPETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has said he will campaign for his friend who will be contesting in the upcoming Chempaka by-election under an Independent ticket against PAS, saying he was happy to do it because Kelantanese do not want more prayers to solve their problems, but real action carried out by a “normal person”.
In his latest blog entry, he wrote: “A ‘normal person’ has more experience of life and can understand better the people’s problems.
“Such a person wouldn’t just pray for those problems to go away, but would instead do something about them”, adding that PAS was all about Hudud when it clearly wasn’t the priority in Kelantan at the moment.
He said rather than have a “leader who can lead us in prayers”, Kelantanese needed a “good and honest government” and someone who would fight for real issues like clean water, housing, better irrigation, and garbage collection.
“They need drug problems to be seriously looked at,” Zaid added.
He also commented on the passing of the much beloved Tok Guru – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, and said without him, PAS was clueless and left with no identity because the party had nothing to do with politics to begin with but was an Islamist party fashioned around their Tok Guru.
Noting that the ulama faction had been plunged into chaos with the passing of Nik Aziz, Zaid said, “If they think that by introducing hudud they can somehow recover their identity and legitimacy, then they certainly do not understand the Kelantanese.
“We do not want hudud because we are a hard-working people and need all our limbs intact!” Zaid said referring to PAS’s fixation with implementing hudud with its harsh sentences of amputation and stoning for some acts deemed criminal.
He added, “We, in Kelantan, must elect a leader who can administer the state and who can deal with the real problems of the people – not imaginary ones.”
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