10-20-2023, 10:29 AM
SHAH ALAM – Islamist party PAS is heading to its 69th muktamar (gathering) here in the strongest position it has ever been, with four states under its control while having a promising cadre and sturdy ulama leadership.
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PAS was formed in 1951 as a splinter from the Malay nationalist party Umno at Butterworth, Penang – a state where it has made huge inroads in the past decade with seven state seats. This is in addition not to the 43 parliamentary seats it holds out of the total 222 in the Dewan Rakyat.
Incidentally, the party was formed in the house of fifth prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's grandfather, himself a religious scholar and former Umno president.
As the 1,800 delegates gather, there will be speeches and war cries in support of the Palestinians. There are also undercurrents wading through the party, which has close to one million members.
As this year's party biennial election has become a muted affair after PAS' central committee agreed to have no contests for the top five posts, it means that longest serving PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, a hardline cleric, will be elected unopposed.
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PAS was formed in 1951 as a splinter from the Malay nationalist party Umno at Butterworth, Penang – a state where it has made huge inroads in the past decade with seven state seats. This is in addition not to the 43 parliamentary seats it holds out of the total 222 in the Dewan Rakyat.
Incidentally, the party was formed in the house of fifth prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's grandfather, himself a religious scholar and former Umno president.
As the 1,800 delegates gather, there will be speeches and war cries in support of the Palestinians. There are also undercurrents wading through the party, which has close to one million members.
As this year's party biennial election has become a muted affair after PAS' central committee agreed to have no contests for the top five posts, it means that longest serving PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, a hardline cleric, will be elected unopposed.
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