PAS MUKTAMAR KOTA BARU: Delegates at the 56th PAS muktamar (congress) today unanimously passed a motion calling for a “strict, relevant and reasonable” policy to vet potential candidates for the 13th general election to prevent defections.
The policy should also be capable of sussing out capable and genuine candidates for the party to field in its bid to wrest as many parliamentary seats as possible from Umno.
The motion also called for an effective working strategy in voter registration, finance and leadership training for the election machinery.
This was the sixth motion passed today.
In tabling the motion, Jerantut PAS head Dr Hamzah Jaafar said the people and “not only the Malays but Chinese and Indians too” are hoping that PAS will replace Umno.
The other motion that also saw unanimous support from delegates was the call to abolish sports betting, and a motion to condemn the Israeli attack on the Gaza aid flotilla.
Representing the PAS central committee, Ahmad Fadhli Shaari tabled the motion.
"We should rise and oppose this step taken by the government to legalise sports betting by awarding the licence to Ascot Sports.
“Allah has clearly said that gambling is illegal and no religion condones gambling.
“We do not know what religion Umno is... but PAS and its Pakatan Rakyat partners, including the people are against this. If this matter is ignored, then our children will fall into the trap of gambling,” he said.
Mass protest
The resolution also called for strengthening of enforcement laws against gambling and to educate the people on the ills of the activity.
It also called on PAS to mobilise the people of Malaysia to gather for a mass protest on July 3 in Kuala Lumpur.
A delegate, in echoing Ahmad’s view, said: "We must go against all kinds of gambling and not only sports betting, so that we are not seen as practising double standards."
In the motion condemning the Mavi Marmara attack, the delegates urged the government to recognise the Hamas government and boycott pro-Zionist products.
Agreeing with the motion, Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad alleged that the government and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak were making changes to the country's foreign policies.
"They want a situation where they and the world are part of an alliance together with United States. They want to shed the image under Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) of supporting Palestine and criticising Israel and US," said Khalid.
Also unanimously passed was a motion to condemn the surrender of RM320 billion worth of oil Blocks L and M to the Brunei government. The motion was tabled by deputy president Salahuddin Ayub.
Six motions were passed by the delegates today, and among them, were calls for all major and important national issues to be discussed in Parliament and not decided arbitrarily and solely by the Prime Minister, and a censure of the government’s action in a land swap deal involving Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd’s plots in Singapore.
There was also a call for the government to immediately terminate its dealings with the global consultancy, Apco Worldwide.
Also passed today was a motion to amend the PAS constitution to ease party administration and "to ensure that the policies and principles of PAS will continue to be defended, besides strengthening Pakatan".
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