{"id":50254,"date":"2025-01-06T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/?p=50254"},"modified":"2025-01-06T18:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:15:48","slug":"pas-with-established-history-of-derhaka-calling-dap-subversive-is-nonsensical-hypocrisy-of-the-highest-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/pas-with-established-history-of-derhaka-calling-dap-subversive-is-nonsensical-hypocrisy-of-the-highest-order\/","title":{"rendered":"PAS with established history of DERHAKA, calling DAP subversive; is nonsensical hypocrisy of the highest order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am compelled to respond to the utterly preposterous claim by Hafez Sabri, the Deputy Youth Chief of PAS, who recently branded the Democratic Action Party (DAP) as a \u201csubversive force\u201d allegedly undermining the sovereignty of Islam in Malaysia. Let me remind him that the DAP is part of the democratically elected government\u2014hardly the hallmark of any so-called \u201csubversive\u201d movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let us clarify what \u201csubversive force\u201d means in a political context. A subversive force is typically a clandestine or overt group seeking to destabilize or overthrow an established government or political system, often by encouraging discord or fomenting unrest among the populace. If the Deputy Youth Chief truly believes DAP fits this definition, I must question whether he has truly grasped the meaning of the term he so smugly hurls around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the contrary, if there is a party in Malaysia actively sowing seeds of discord and religious hatred\u2014thus threatening the harmony and stability of our nation\u2014it is clearly PAS. The daily vitriol aimed at the government, often dressed in pious rhetoric, is precisely how real subversive forces operate: by stirring fear, mistrust, and division to topple an administration they cannot otherwise defeat at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"hafez<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Given that I am no stranger to street demonstrations myself, I fully support the right to peaceful assembly. Indeed, I have been shoulder to shoulder with many of PAS\u2019s senior members, back when they would climb atop trucks to address crowds\u2014long before Hafez Sabri had even cut his activist teeth in Chemor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, let me be crystal clear: I would never demonstrate over matters that are constitutionally vested in the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the royal institution. That is precisely the sort of behavior PAS has repeatedly engaged in over the decades\u2014threatening to undermine the very monarchy and constitutional system they claim to defend. Historical records are littered with instances of PAS\u2019s so-called \u201cderhaka,\u201d which, I suspect, they would now prefer to sweep under the rug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember when PAS simply refused to accept audience granted by His Royal Highness the Sultan of Perak during the 2020 change of Perak Menteri Besar and just didn’t turn up? Remember the defiance of a royal decree in Selangor by a PAS leader in continuing to preach in mosque despite his license being withdrawn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let me offer a polite \u201clesson\u201d to the Deputy Youth Chief, given his penchant for using terms beyond his grasp:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSubversive\u201d does not mean \u201ccriticizing or disagreeing with your views,\u201d especially when that criticism is part of the democratic process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSovereignty\u201d is not the exclusive domain of any single party\u2019s interpretation or political advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnity\u201d is not achieved by sowing suspicion and animosity between Malaysians of different faiths and backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anyone is demonstrating subversive tendencies and undermining Malaysia\u2019s constitutional democracy, it is those who perennially resort to divisive, inflammatory rhetoric in the name of politics. So, perhaps next time, YB Hafez Sabri might wish to study the dictionary\u2014and our Constitution\u2014more thoroughly before slinging baseless accusations and big words he appears not to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard Lee Chuan How
MP for Ipoh Timor
Democratic Action Party (DAP) CEC Member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am compelled to respond to the utterly preposterous claim by Hafez Sabri, the Deputy Youth Chief of PAS, who recently branded the Democratic Action Party (DAP) as a \u201csubversive force\u201d allegedly undermining the sovereignty of Islam in Malaysia. Let me remind him that the DAP is part of the democratically elected government\u2014hardly the hallmark […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50259,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50254\/revisions\/50259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dapmalaysia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}