PAS needs to reconvene a muktamar again to withdraw their motion on severing ties with DAP to avoid the party’s representatives in the Selangor and Penang governments being stuck in a limb, lawyer and former PAS treasurer Asmuni Awi said.
“For me, the PAS Dewan Ulama should admit their mistake in passing the motion in the first place. This has resulted in PAS being trapped.”
“This matter is serious and should be a lesson for everyone in the future. We can’t rush everything,” Asmuni was quoted as saying in Sinar Harian today .
Asmuni ( photo ) was referring to the PAS constitution which specifies that the highest decision-making body is PAS is held by the muktamar and all decisions made by the muktamar for that year are binding.
“In other words, a motion that is passed at the muktamar is like a law that needs with the party's administration abiding by the muktamar’s decision as stated in the constitution,” he said.
Asmuni, who chaired the PAS election committee at the recent muktamar, said the dilemma of PAS members appointed in both Penang and Selangor was that they were unsure of their status and some had even resigned from their position.
Leaders resigned
“I myself could not understand why the motion was brought and passed by them (the Dewan Ulama) without thinking of the risks that had to be borne.
“Passing a motion in a muktamar is not a small matter and it can’t be withdrawn anytime as they please. PAS needs to execute it and no excuse can be given,” he was quoted as saying.
Controversy arose after the motion at last week's 61st PAS muktamar to break up with DAP was passed without debate.
The motion by the ulama wing was proposed in retaliation to DAP's continued attack on party president Abdul Hadi Awang following the hudud law implementation row which saw PAS and DAP going for each other's throats.
After the muktamar, several key PAS leaders who lost in the party elections resigned from the posts in the Penang government including Mohamad Sabu and Mujahid Yusof Rawa.
The future of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition continues to be hotly debated with PAS leaving it on one hand or remaining with its allies PKR and DAP on the other.
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