Hadi: BN could be consulting bomoh on dissolution date
The delay by the BN in dissolving Parliament to pave the way for the 13th general election could well be because its leaders are consulting a bomoh or a witchdoctor, joked PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
The delay by the BN in dissolving Parliament to pave the way for the 13th general election could well be because its leaders are consulting a bomoh (witchdoctor), joked PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
"While (PAS secretary-general) Mustafa Ali mentioned the possible election dates just now, I believe Umno, which leads BN, will engage a bomoh first," he laughingly remarked at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
"Because Umno believes in the bomoh setting the election date. If early, its early. Not like the dates Mustafa mentioned just now."
Hadi said this to reporters after launching the party's media centre at its Kuala Lumpur headquarters today.
He said PAS and its Pakatan allies were unified and strengthened by their united and principled stand.
The party president said this when asked about Mustafa's speculation on the possible date for dissolution of Parliament and the likely date for GE13.
In his speech, Mustafa said he expects Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to dissolve Parliament on April 26 or 27, as Najib - who is also finance minister - is to attend the Asean Summit in Brunei on April 24 and 25.
"This is because he has to go as a full-fledged PM, not as caretaker PM, or he won't be as credible," he said.
Hadi said that, in view of the automatic dissolution of the Negri Sembilan state assembly last week, the Election Commission will have to hold GE13 within 60 days of that date, if it wants the state and federal elections to be held concurrently.
Therefore, the general election will most likely take place on May 25 or 26, he said.
"It must be in May - can't be later than that, in order to make the (state and federal) elections concurrent," Hadi added.
Dissolution tomorrow?
English language daily New Straits Times and sister-paper Berita Harian speculated in a report today that Parliament may be dissolved as early as tomorrow.
Their prediction was based on instructions from the Prime Minister's Office to all cabinet ministers attending the weekly meeting tomorrow to wear a dark-coloured lounge suit with a red tie, as they will be posing for a group photo.
The dailies believe the instruction can only mean that Parliament may be dissolved tomorrow, as the photo session would be a record of the last meeting of the current members of the cabinet.
