My advice to Khairuddin Aman Razali and any PAS leader who wishes to defend Hadi to first find out the truth and fact about Hadi’s dictatorial behavior and non adherence to Pakatan Rakyat’s Common Policy programme and collective decision-also termed as “consensus”- in the PR’s presidential council meeting.
With a mixture of amusement, and a measured dose of anger, I find that PAS Dewan Ulama information chief Khairuddin Aman Razali has accused DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang of confusing the “ consensus principle “ adopted by the defunct Pakatan Rakyat coalition with a “ majority rule” principle.
He said, only matters unanimously agreed upon by all parties could be treated as Pakatan Rakyat agenda. A fact that none of us dispute.
He further accused DAP and PKR for breaking up due to the two parties’ failures to adhere to the consensus principle. He is free to assert his theory, however false and inaccurate that maybe according to facts.
It is most shocking that in his eagerness to defend his Party’s president Hadi Awang, Khairuddin was prepared to resort to the tactic of fact distortion.
From Khairuddin’s statement, it is likely that he was not told about the truth on what had transpired at Pakatan Rakyat presidential council meetings ie the ‘consensus’ was the appointment of Datuk Seri Wan Azizah as the Selangor Mentri Besar.
Or could it be that he was aware, but in order to blindly support Hadi, he was prepared to distort the facts?
A fact that cannot be distorted is that PAS had made a U turn on the appointment of PKR president Datuk Seri Wan Azizah as the Selangor Mentri Besar.
In that particular Pakatan Rakyat presidential council meeting, PAS was represented by its Deputy President Mohd Sabu and Secretary General Mustafa Ali. The ‘consensus’ was to submit a sole candidacy for Menteri Besar Selangor to the Selangor palace- Dato Seri Wan Azizah – which was subsequently and ultimately vetoed by Hadi.
That was a consensus decision of Pakatan Rakyat which ought to be respected by the coalition members, but Hadi- not present at the meeting- chose to veto it. To what end, we can all see now unfolded by history.
How could Khairuddin make such irresponsible comment, falsely asserting that DAP and PKR were the ones causing the break up of Pakatan Rakyat when it is so clear that Hadi was the main cause? The fact of the matter as detailed above, shows that the breakup was due to none other than Hadi’s dictatorial behaviour and his utter failure to respect the Pakatan Rakyat ‘s Common Policy Framework.
The DAP and PKR did not breach any Pakatan Rakyat’s agreement. Hadi was the sole and uncontestable culprit.
Resorting to fact distortion will win no argument and will not convince anyone.