Headline A diminished Abdul Hadi MediaTitle Malay Mail Date 09 Nov 2012 Language English Circulation 20,816 Readership 49,000 Section News Color Full Color Page No 14 ArticleSize 299 cm² AdValue RM 3,416 PR Value RM 10,248
A diminished Abdul Hadi? PAS President Datuk Seri ership's decision to deter beaten off the seat has di Abdul Hadi Awang's state mine his readiness. mished significantly. ment that he would let the "I will heed the party's "So, any opposition lead party to decide which seat decision and will leave er challenging Najib in Pe he will be contesting is it to the party. The party kan, even Anwar Ibrahim, seen by some observers as will make the decision ... would be committing hara a sign that his influence is including whether it will kiri!" the blogger said. dwindling. direct me to stand in the However, blogger "On According to political ob Pekan parliamentary seat," Da Street" said that Abdul servers, Abdul Hadi, as the he was quoted as saying. Hadi's announcement was president and a veteran in However, his intention probably to boost up the PAS, should have the prior has seemingly not been party's morale as it is near ity to decide which seat he wellreceived by Pakatan ing the general election. should contest, not others. Rakyat as Opposition Lead "Somehow, he has gained This, as they said, signals er Datuk Seri Anwar Ibra some mileage. He also has to the nation that the for him said the matter is yet pushed up any low morale mer opposition leader has to be discussed. Pas members (for Pas has lost his credibility and is "We have not discussed been ridiculed as follow bringing down Pas' image the matter yet... Hadi said ers and obeyed to DAP and as well. he will follow PAS's deci PKR)," the blogger said. Political analyst Md sion, so we'll just have to "A battle cry worth to mo Shukri Shuib of Universiti wait," Anwar was quoted tivate some PAS members Utara Malaysia (UUM) said as saying. that he and PAS should not Abdul Hadi's statement had However, Anwar later is being taken for granted," certainly raised eyebrows sued a challenge to Najib he added. on who has the power to that the latter should in On Da Street also had determine seats to be con stead be contesting in Ma posed a milliondollar tested by potential candi rang. dates. Prior to this, Akhramsyah question by asking: "If Ab "Even he (Abdul Hadi) Muammar Ubaidah wrote dul Hadi wins the seat, will Anwar still be considered is still looking at which in his blog "Tangents: Rest seat to contest. He's not a less Musings of a Malay prime minister material?" — The Mole Johnnycomelately type of Mind" that he viewed Ab politician. He is the presi dul Hadi's move as politi dent of the party and also cal suicide. the general of the machin Even though Najib had ery," Md Shukri Said. once nearly lost the seat (in "Is Abdul Hadi indirectly 1999), the blogger pointed showing that he has no out that the local Umno faith to regain his seat in machinery has taken signif Marang as well as no con icant steps to make the seat fidence on retaining the more secure, thus making state that he used to rule as it almost impossible for Ab a menteri besar?" the ana dul Hadi to capture Pekan. lyst asked. "Najib and his organisa Earlier, Abdul Hadi had tion had taken some sig been reported as saying nificant steps to make the that he is willing to contest seat more secure. Certainly in Prime Minister Datuk since 2004's PRU11 land Seri Najib Razak's seat in slide, when the seat was Pekan, Pahang. held by a deputy prime However, the 65yearold minister for the first time politician said it depends in some 3.5 decades, the ABDUL HADI: Willing to contest in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib on the party central lead likelihood of Najib being Razak's seat in Pekan, Pahang — FILEpic