Without a single ballot, PAS breaks Sabah assembly duck

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — PAS has finally made it into the Sabah state assembly after its state secretary, Dr Aliakbar Gulasan, was sworn in today as one of six nominated assemblymen.

The Islamist party did not contest a single seat during the September 26 Sabah election and has yet to win an election in the state.

PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang expressed his delight with Aliakbar’s appointment today, and thanked Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor for it.

“Many thanks to Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor and Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for their trust in appointing Aliakbar Gulasan as a nominated Sabah assemblyman,” he said on Twitter.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — PAS has finally made it into the Sabah state assembly after its state secretary, Dr Aliakbar Gulasan, was sworn in today as one of six nominated assemblymen.

The Islamist party did not contest a single seat during the September 26 Sabah election and has yet to win an election in the state.

PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang expressed his delight with Aliakbar’s appointment today, and thanked Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor for it.

“Many thanks to Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor and Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for their trust in appointing Aliakbar Gulasan as a nominated Sabah assemblyman,” he said on Twitter.


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Sabah’s first PAS assemblyman denies party is extremist, says own family is multi religious

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 8 — Aliakbar Gulasan, the first PAS assemblyman in Sabah, today denied that the Islamist party’s brand of politics is unsuitable for the Borneo state as alleged by detractors.

The environmental management lecturer is one of six nominated assemblymen who is expected to be sworn in at the state assembly building here tomorrow after receiving his letter of appointment by the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin earlier today.

“PAS has been repeatedly slandered with comments that we bring unsuitable politics to Sabah and this is a baseless accusation,” he told Malay Mail when contacted.

“PAS in Sabah practices peaceful and harmonious politics. I was born in Sabah, I have family in Sabah. My family consists of Muslims and non-Muslims. It is impossible that we would act extremely amongst our own relatives,” he said.

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