Voting completed, results tomorrow
Rahmah Ghazali and P TaraniPublished: Jun 5, 2009 4:34 PM | Updated: Jun 6, 2009 9:46 AM
The much-anticipated results for PAS muktamar election will only be known tomorrow at 9am, PAS elections director Mustafa Ali said today.
updated 6.13pm
The voting process, which started at 3.30pm, saw 1,044 delegates from 178 divisions taking part to elect the Islamic party's top leadership.
The much-anticipated results for PAS muktamar election will only be known tomorrow at 9am, PAS elections director Mustafa Ali said today.
The voting process, which started at 3.30pm, saw 1,044 delegates from 178 divisions taking part to elect the Islamic party's top leadership.
The voting ended at 6pm.
With party president Abdul Hadi Awang returned uncontested, the spotlight is now on the deputy president's post.
Incumbent deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa is facing a tough challenge from vice-president Husam Musa. Based on ground reports, it is believed that Husam is leading in the race.
However, vice-president Mohamad Sabu, who is the third candidate, could affect Husam's chances by acting as a spoiler.
Husam and Nasharuddin are considered to head two different axis in the party - the former being in the pro-Pakatan Rakyat or Erdogan camp and the latter in the ulama (conservatives) faction which favours closer ties with arch-rivals Umno.
For the vice-president posts, five veteran leaders are contesting for three vacancies left by Husam, Mohamad and PAS Perak commissioner Ahmad Awang.
The candidates are former Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub, information chief Mahfuz Omar and three central committee members - Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Penang deputy chief), Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (Pahang chief) and Nik Amar Nik Abdullah (Kelantan executive councillor).
The front-runners are Salahuddin, Mahfuz and Tuan Ibrahim.
We need both ulama and professionals
Meanwhile, Selangor PAS commissioner Hasan Ali when asked to respond on the rejection of the ulama resolution this morning, stressed on the symbiotic relationship between the ulama and professionals.
He said that in PAS one faction cannot exist without the other.
Hasan who is an urban planner by professional, pointed out that he was a professional but he still consulted the ulama in Selangor on party matters.
"I studied in America for seven and a half years completing my PhD but I still need to refer back to the sunah (prophet's manners) and religious books on how to conduct economic planning."
It is this religious knowledge that is indispensable, he argued, further adding that people with professional training needed this guidance.
He also admitted that he joined PAS solely based on the fact that the party carried an ulama leadership.
"The ulama need the professionals and the professionals need the ulama. PAS leadership is a mix of the modern and religion," he told reporters at the muktamar.
Hasan also commented on PAS' role in Pakatan, saying that the Islamic party played a role in determining the coalition's values.
"It is a marriage of political parties, members of these political parties. It is a merging of ideologies. So, it is only normal to have glitches," he said
Hasan added that the muktamar this year has managed to attract the largest media coverage ever with 350 media representatives covering the three-day event.
The voting process, which started at 3.30pm, saw 1,044 delegates from 178 divisions taking part to elect the Islamic party's top leadership.The voting ended at 6pm.
With party president Abdul Hadi Awang returned uncontested, the spotlight is now on the deputy president's post.
Incumbent deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa is facing a tough challenge from vice-president Husam Musa. Based on ground reports, it is believed that Husam is leading in the race.
However, vice-president Mohamad Sabu, who is the third candidate, could affect Husam's chances by acting as a spoiler.
Husam and Nasharuddin are considered to head two different axis in the party - the former being in the pro-Pakatan Rakyat or Erdogan camp and the latter in the ulama (conservatives) faction which favours closer ties with arch-rivals Umno.For the vice-president posts, five veteran leaders are contesting for three vacancies left by Husam, Mohamad and PAS Perak commissioner Ahmad Awang.
The candidates are former Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub, information chief Mahfuz Omar and three central committee members - Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Penang deputy chief), Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (Pahang chief) and Nik Amar Nik Abdullah (Kelantan executive councillor).
The front-runners are Salahuddin, Mahfuz and Tuan Ibrahim.
We need both ulama and professionals
Meanwhile, Selangor PAS commissioner Hasan Ali when asked to respond on the rejection of the ulama resolution this morning, stressed on the symbiotic relationship between the ulama and professionals.
He said that in PAS one faction cannot exist without the other.
Hasan who is an urban planner by professional, pointed out that he was a professional but he still consulted the ulama in Selangor on party matters."I studied in America for seven and a half years completing my PhD but I still need to refer back to the sunah (prophet's manners) and religious books on how to conduct economic planning."
It is this religious knowledge that is indispensable, he argued, further adding that people with professional training needed this guidance.
He also admitted that he joined PAS solely based on the fact that the party carried an ulama leadership.
"The ulama need the professionals and the professionals need the ulama. PAS leadership is a mix of the modern and religion," he told reporters at the muktamar.
Hasan also commented on PAS' role in Pakatan, saying that the Islamic party played a role in determining the coalition's values.
"It is a marriage of political parties, members of these political parties. It is a merging of ideologies. So, it is only normal to have glitches," he saidHasan added that the muktamar this year has managed to attract the largest media coverage ever with 350 media representatives covering the three-day event.
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