If PAS boss Hadi Awang had his way, he would be contesting the Pekan parliamentary chair in the entrance ubiquitous election. If this happened, Prime Minister Najib Razak, the constituency's incumbent, would be forced to put up camp there if he did not wish to humour the degrading as well as abrasive defeat.
You see, Hadi might appear unrelenting as well as hard to review though he is the male with huge weed roots support. Well-respected for his piety as well as Islamic credentials, Hadi has what Najib lacks the many - domestic credibility.
When the emissary apportion in Najib's Cabinet Mashitah attempted to allegation Hadi with accusations he was concerned in the sex liaison with the 'young virgin girl', the news initially repelled as well as afterwards lifted the huge hee-haw as Malays as well as non-Malays comparison brushed off the news as an additional try by "Pakatan Rakyat" to make use of sex scandals to assail as well as disintegrate leaders from the Opposition.
This says the lot for Hadi's repute since when Najib as well as his mother Rosmah Mansor were indicted of having the palm in the murder of Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaariibuu, many Malaysians - maybe as tall as 8 out of 10 - believed the allegations. The initial couple's thirst for energy as well as income is visible even to the male in the street as well as this is because notwithstanding mad make use of of the federal supervision machinery to cover up the box has failed to lard suspicion as well as calls for the Royal public inquiry.
Capable leader
To PAS insiders, Hadi's strength is in his patience as well as long-term views. No explosive knee-jerk reactions from him. A good example is the approach he decided to keep PAS' former emissary boss Nasharuddin Mat Isa in the absolute Syura Council notwithstanding the latter publicly courting Najib as well as backstabbing his own party.
Hadi could have used his presidential energy to pouch him though he did not. This annoyed "Pakatan Rakyat" who had wanted to make the hero out of Nasha as well as emanate an additional stink in the Malay village about PAS losing the Islamic beliefs as well as selling out to the secular DAP.
"Even in 2008, when Nasha 'used' Hadi by cajoling him to attend multiform meetings with "Pakatan Rakyat" leaders upon the pretext of Muslim brotherhood, he did not object. When it was clear Nasha's main goal was to find the PAS-UMNO merger, Hadi came underneath suspicion from his Pakatan Rakyat partners as well as his own celebration members. But he did not panic," the PAS insider said.
It is this 'coolness' as well as Hadi's innate piety that have been his strengths, as well as during the same time, additionally his weaknesses. To his critics, he is too humble for his own good, allowing himself to be used by the certain people in the celebration together with ! Nasha. B ut the facts verbalise for themselves. Hadi has been PAS boss since 2002, re-elected through the years by the respectful congress.
Has 'lost' Pekan before
Whether it is during his wife's egging-on or his personal ambition still burning bright, Najib wants to sojourn "Pakatan Rakyat" boss as well as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. As such, Najib has to make certain that he will really win in Pekan. But based upon all the in-house surveys as well as information gathered by his aides, the domestic scenario is not like prior to as well as cannot be taken for granted. That's right. Najib's survival in Pekan - the chair he 'inherited' in 1976 after his father died is only 50-50 during best.
His indifference over the Lynas rare-earth refinery in Gebeng as well as the argumentative bullion mine in Raub have negated the lot of the goodwill Pekan electorate have for his father. Actually, Najib has 'lost' Pekan before. The "Pakatan Rakyat" folklore goes that in 1999, Pekan folk were barbarous when he threw his support behind unpopular former premier Mahathir Mohamad who had controversially sacked as well as jailed Anwar Ibrahim, afterwards the Deputy Prime Minister as well as the darling of the Malay community.
Najib was seen openly weeping during the counting counter though thanks to some 'tweaking' of postal votes, he turned in the slimmest of victory margins to cling to onto the seat. It is no warn that he has been indicted of removing the Election Commission to pad an additional 18,000 ! brand ne w electorate in to Pekan electoral roll, many of whom have been pro-BN supervision workers.
According to rivals, with formulation as well as 'cheating', Najib thinks he is certain to win Pekan as well as would thus be fearful to competition anywhere else in Malaysia. So when Anwar Ibrahim, right away the Opposition Leader, challenged Najib to competition in Marang - that is Hadi's long-held citadel - the PM's supporters bristled during the suggestion.UMNO vice boss Zahid Hamidi indicted Anwar of trying to deflect courtesy from his daughter Nurul Izzah, who is currently the target of an "Pakatan Rakyat"-led conflict for allegedly enlivening apostasy amongst Malay-Muslims.
But say what they will, Najib as well as "Pakatan Rakyat" got the startle as well as shock of their lives when Hadi announced out of the blue that he would competition in Pekan. The PAS boss is not fearful of losing, he is not even disturbed about not apropos the Member of Parliament. In fact, he had progressing voiced his wish to retire.
It is Najib, who is quaking during the prospect of not only losing the 13th ubiquitous election though additionally his father's seat. That Najib as well as BN have been right away during their weakest is viewable in the demeanour in that alternative Malay leaders together with former "Pakatan Rakyat" apportion Zaid Ibrahim have dared to throw down the gauntlet for Pekan.
Prodigal son: Affable & well-behaved though not PM material
The older generation in Pekan might reason fond memories of Najib's late father, who was Malaysia's second prime minister. But the younger ones - like Najib's own children - never knew Abdul Razak. They won't give dual hoots as well as will instead consider of Najib's purported Mongolian mistress Altantuya, the excesses of his extravagant mother Rosmah Mansor, his daughter's expensive rendezvous party, his argumentative son-in-law as well as mother-in-law from Kazakhstan who have been indicted of being international swindlers as well as 'con men'.
Now, do you assimilate because Najib needs 18,000 brand new electorate for backup in GE13? Unlike the prodigal son whose return to the overlay was rejoiced by the complete domicile solely one, Najib is the prodigal son whose return was not rejoiced by the infancy of the Pekan household. A well-behaved as well as agreeable soul he might be, though Najib's drifting as well as free-living ways have not assured Pekan folk he is the good personality for Malaysia. They might like him for being Razak's oldest son though they have been not unapproachable of him as well as might not like him to sojourn as PM for an additional 5 years.
Yes, the shrewd Hadi Awang has struck the apt as well as absolute blow to "Pakatan Rakyat"'s innermost sanctum. Najib's reason upon Pekan is not in anyway absolute while losing it would be the final spike to "Pakatan Rakyat"'s coffin.
For now, the PAS tip leadership has refused to authorize Hadi's request. And Hadi has no preference though to toe their line. But who knows? The situation can shift once GE13 is announced as well as Parliament dissolved.
Even if Hadi is held back, cha! nces hav e been tall for the free-for-all in Pekan. Which immature Turk would not wish to go down in story by receiving Najib's scalp? Even Najib's vicious emissary Muhyiddin Yassin has said ' the more the merrier!'.
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