PAS is its own worst enemy by refusing to back down from its political narrative of blaming and targeting minority non-Muslims and non-Bumis for corruption and a threat to Malay and Muslim political power in Malaysia. Led by PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang, PAS is not ashamed to prove themselves to be extremists and racists but also fails to offer any solution for the country’s economic problems and corruption challenges.
This is the reason why Kelantan has become the poorest state in Peninsular Malaysia after more than 30 years of PAS rule, deprived of economic opportunities Kelantanese migrate to other states and Singapore to seek job opportunities, poor crisis management in floods, bad governance and cannot even provide clean piped water to its citizens. This is the frightening vision of Malaysia with PAS in government.
Instead, PAS has become lazy by taking the easy way out to engage in “culture” wars such as wanting to ban concerts, Bon Odori and Oktoberfest even though they are cultural events or do not involve Muslims. If BN and PN states follow PAS dictates, then concerts, Bon Odori and Oktoberfest banned in their states are welcome to come and organise their events in Penang.
Sadly, non-Muslim political parties in the current government such as MCA, MIC, GPS and GRS continues to ignore PAS hostility towards non-Muslim by continuing to support PAS and PAS Ministers in government. Clearly these non-Muslim political parties in government behave no different from political eunuchs which are enablers of PAS extremism and racism against non-Muslims and non-bumis.
Surprising That There Are Still 10% of Non-Muslims In Kelantan That Still Support PAS.
Despite PAS Vice-President Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah claims in the PAS Muktamar yesterday, the current PAS state government in Kedah has been oppressive towards the minorities there without any engagement with the community. Mohd Amar should therefore not be surprised that non-Muslims have such a negative view of PAS that they no longer want to vote for the Islamist party even in Kelantan.
Mohd Amar lamented that in Kelantan almost 90% of Chinese rejected PAS candidates, which he had simply blamed on the DAP. How can DAP influence non-Muslim voters in Kelantan, unless the non-Muslims there can see for themselves how racist and extremist PAS is? What is surprising is that there are still 10% of non-Muslims in Kelantan that still support PAS. This is unlike the moderate leadership of the PAS late spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz, where 90% of non-Muslims in Kelantan supported PAS.