Be humble and meet Tok Guru, Nasha advised
Tarani PalaniPublished: Jun 18, 2009 6:08 AM | Updated: Jun 18, 2009 10:51 AM
PAS vice-presidents Mahfuz Omar and Salahudin Ayub have appealed to deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa to have a face to face discussion with the party's revered spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat to clear up the air on the hotly disputed unity-talks issue.
PAS vice-presidents Mahfuz Omar and Salahudin Ayub have appealed to deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa to have a face to face discussion with the party's revered spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat to clear up the air on the hotly disputed unity-talks issue.
Nasharuddin yesterday came under fire from Nik Aziz over his continued backing to hold unity talks with Umno.
A visibly upset Nik Aziz had asked Nasharuddin to leave the party and join Umno if he insisted on forging the talks with Umno.
Mahfuz urged Nasharuddin to be humble and meet Nik Aziz in order to calm down the situation and the anxiety that has been created, no matter how difficult it may be for him to do so. He added that Nasharuddin had to do this for his own good.
He said that as a young leader Nasharuddin should take Nik Aziz's comments in stride and look at it positively.
"I believe that (Nik Aziz) Tok Guru has no hatred towards Nasharuddin as a person. Tok Guru's statement is made out of love, just like how when a father occasionally beats his son, it is out of love for the son's future," Mahfuz told reporters in Parliament.
Mahfuz (right), who is the Pokok Sena member of parliament, also added that he had been unable to contact Nasharuddin. Bachok parliamentarian Nasharuddin was not in Parliament today.
The unity talks issue has caused a major division in PAS with party president Abdul Hadi Awang and Nasharuddin being the prime movers in support of holding such talks with Umno for the sake of national interest.
However other leaders, including Nik Aziz and former vice-president Husam Musa, have firmly stood against having any links with arch-rivals Umno.
Muslimat's full backing for Nik Aziz
Mahfuz also said that Nik Aziz's attacks on Nasharuddin will be discussed at a party meeting expected to be held on Monday.
The meeting is to be chaired by Hadi, who will only be returning from his overseas trip on Sunday.
The meeting, which will be attended by Nik Aziz, is expected to discuss the contentious issue of unity talks with Umno.
Salahuddin also echoed Mahfuz's sentiments and urged Nasharuddin to show his respects to Nik Aziz by meeting and discussing the matter.
He said the meeting between the two could calm nerves amongst the grassroots party members.
Meanwhile, the party's women's wing Muslimat related their strong support for Nik Aziz's leadership and backed the decision made at the party's recently-held annual meeting to remain in Pakatan Rakyat.
In a press conference held at the Parliament, Kota Raja MP and Muslimat information chief Siti Mariah Mahmud urged party members to "remain calm and not to be worried by attempts by some party to break the Pakatan Rakyat alliance and the unity within PAS".
She also urged the PAS leadership not to issue any new statements that were conflicting with the decision taken at the muktamar.
Also with Siti Mariah were several Muslimat leaders.
10 PAS MPs do the same too
Echoing the Muslimat's stand, 10 PAS leaders signed a statement stating that they wanted to strengthen the ties with Pakatan and rejected any kind of corporation with with Umno-BN.
The ten that signed the statement were central committee members Hatta Ramli (Kuala Krai), Dzulkifli Ahmad (Kuala Selangor), Kamaruddin Jatta (Tumpat), Siti Mariah Mahmud (Kota Raya), Lo Lo Ghazali (Titiwangsa), Taib Azamuddin Taib (Baling) and Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Parit Buntar).
The others - who were not in the central committee - were Siti Zailah Mohd Yusof (Rantau Panjang), Mohd Hayati Othman (Pendang) and Khalid Samad (Shah Alam)
Hatta acted as the spokesperson for the MPs and said that any push for unity government conflicted with the stand agreed upon in the muktamar.
He added that they had come out with the common statement backing Nik Aziz as many people have been asking them to state their stand on the issue.
He further said that it is up to the Hadi and Nasharuddin to state their stand on the issue now.
He also said that they have not been able to contact Nasharuddin today.
Nasharuddin yesterday came under fire from Nik Aziz over his continued backing to hold unity talks with Umno.A visibly upset Nik Aziz had asked Nasharuddin to leave the party and join Umno if he insisted on forging the talks with Umno.
Mahfuz urged Nasharuddin to be humble and meet Nik Aziz in order to calm down the situation and the anxiety that has been created, no matter how difficult it may be for him to do so. He added that Nasharuddin had to do this for his own good.
He said that as a young leader Nasharuddin should take Nik Aziz's comments in stride and look at it positively.
"I believe that (Nik Aziz) Tok Guru has no hatred towards Nasharuddin as a person. Tok Guru's statement is made out of love, just like how when a father occasionally beats his son, it is out of love for the son's future," Mahfuz told reporters in Parliament.
Mahfuz (right), who is the Pokok Sena member of parliament, also added that he had been unable to contact Nasharuddin. Bachok parliamentarian Nasharuddin was not in Parliament today.The unity talks issue has caused a major division in PAS with party president Abdul Hadi Awang and Nasharuddin being the prime movers in support of holding such talks with Umno for the sake of national interest.
However other leaders, including Nik Aziz and former vice-president Husam Musa, have firmly stood against having any links with arch-rivals Umno.
Muslimat's full backing for Nik Aziz
Mahfuz also said that Nik Aziz's attacks on Nasharuddin will be discussed at a party meeting expected to be held on Monday.
The meeting is to be chaired by Hadi, who will only be returning from his overseas trip on Sunday.
The meeting, which will be attended by Nik Aziz, is expected to discuss the contentious issue of unity talks with Umno.
Salahuddin also echoed Mahfuz's sentiments and urged Nasharuddin to show his respects to Nik Aziz by meeting and discussing the matter.
He said the meeting between the two could calm nerves amongst the grassroots party members.
Meanwhile, the party's women's wing Muslimat related their strong support for Nik Aziz's leadership and backed the decision made at the party's recently-held annual meeting to remain in Pakatan Rakyat.
In a press conference held at the Parliament, Kota Raja MP and Muslimat information chief Siti Mariah Mahmud urged party members to "remain calm and not to be worried by attempts by some party to break the Pakatan Rakyat alliance and the unity within PAS".She also urged the PAS leadership not to issue any new statements that were conflicting with the decision taken at the muktamar.
Also with Siti Mariah were several Muslimat leaders.
10 PAS MPs do the same too
Echoing the Muslimat's stand, 10 PAS leaders signed a statement stating that they wanted to strengthen the ties with Pakatan and rejected any kind of corporation with with Umno-BN.
The ten that signed the statement were central committee members Hatta Ramli (Kuala Krai), Dzulkifli Ahmad (Kuala Selangor), Kamaruddin Jatta (Tumpat), Siti Mariah Mahmud (Kota Raya), Lo Lo Ghazali (Titiwangsa), Taib Azamuddin Taib (Baling) and Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Parit Buntar).
The others - who were not in the central committee - were Siti Zailah Mohd Yusof (Rantau Panjang), Mohd Hayati Othman (Pendang) and Khalid Samad (Shah Alam)Hatta acted as the spokesperson for the MPs and said that any push for unity government conflicted with the stand agreed upon in the muktamar.
He added that they had come out with the common statement backing Nik Aziz as many people have been asking them to state their stand on the issue.
He further said that it is up to the Hadi and Nasharuddin to state their stand on the issue now.
He also said that they have not been able to contact Nasharuddin today.
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