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Beijaya Rampas Semula Kedah Banyak Isu Dibangkitkan BN Tuniuk Kelemahon Kerajaan PAS Headline Kekuatan jentera berjaya rampas semula Kedah MediaTitle Berita Harian Date 10 May 2013 Language Malay Circulation 192,982 Readership 1,521,000 Section Nasional Color Full Color Page No 33 ArticleSize 356 cm² AdValue RM 12,053 PR Value RM 36,158 Kekuatan jentera beijaya rampas semula Kedah Banyak isu dibangkitkan BN tuniuk kelemahon kerajaan PAS DR MOHD AZIZUDDIN MOHD SANI azizuddinOuum.edu.my Pilihan Raya Umum Ke­13 (PRU­ Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (DUN Ba­ Kulim Bandar Baru, Baling, Jerlun serta 13) Ahad lalu menyaksikan rak­ kar Bata) dan Datuk Othman Abdul Parlimen Pendang dan Jerai. Kemena­ yat Kedah kembali memberi (Parlimen Pendang). ngan di semua kawasan ini adalah ke­ mandat kepada Barisan Nasio­ Tindakan mengumumkan Mukhriz se­ rana faktor kekuatan UMNO menyatu­ nal (BN) untuk mentadbir ne­ bagai bakal Menteri Besar Kedah pada kan jentera dan menyokong parti, pe­ geri itu selepas lima tahun ditadbir saat akhir juga strategi yang sangat ber­ ngundi luar yang pulang menyokong BN kerajaan PAS. kesan kerana menyebabkan pengundi ba­ dan masalah sabotaj kalangan penyo­ Kehilangan Kedah pada PRU­12 pada ru dan muda beralih arah angin me­ kong pakatan pembangkang yang me­ 2008 amat perit bagi pemimpin UMNO nyokong BN. Dr Mahathir dan Tun Daim nolak calon yang dikemukakan. dan BN Kedah kerana negeri itu adalah Zainuddin yang turun berkempen di Ke­ Sebaliknya, calon berkaliber seperti kubu kuat yang sebelum ini melahirkan dah, beijaya menyatupadukan kepemim­ Datuk Othman Abdul diketengahkan dua Perdana Menteri, iaitu Tunku Ab­ pinan dan jentera BN Kedah daripada dan beliau beijaya menewaskan Tim­ dul Rahman Putra Al­Haj dan Tun Dr krisis dan sabotaj terhadap calon BN. balan Presiden PAS, Mohamad Sabu di Mahathir Mohamad. Kedah tidak se­ Ini menyebabkan BN memperoleh 21 Parlimen Pendang. Datuk Abd Aziz She­ harusnya jatuh ke tangan PAS dan pa­ kerusi DUN atau 452,498 atau 50.3 pe­ ikh Fadzir pula menewaskan Setiausaha katan pembangkang. ratus undi, manakala pakatan pembang­ Agung PKR, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. kang hanya memperoleh 15 kerusi DUN Ini jelas menunjukkan kembalinya pe­ Perbaiki kelemahan atau 434,641 undi atau 49.7 peratus. nyokong BN dan calon BN yang di­ Menyedari kesilapan lalu, kepemimpi­ Jelas BN memenangi undi popular ketengahkan dilihat beijaya membawa nan BN Kedah memperbailri kelemahan sebanyak 17,857 undi. Bagaimanapun, kemenangan BN di Kedah. dan kesalahan pada 2008 untuk me­ kekalahan BN di kerusi Parlimen seperti nawan semula negeri itu pada PRU­13 Sungai Petani, Kuala Kedah, Padang Se­ Pas Kedah lemah demi kemakmuran rakyat negeri itu. rai dan Alor Setar adalah kerana faktor Faktor penolak pula ialah faktor ke­ Secara umumnya, kemenangan BN calon yang tidak sesuai diketengahkan, rajaan PAS Kedah yang lemah kerana di Kedah adalah kerana dua sebab iaitu sabotaj dalaman, jentera yang tidak ber­ mereka tiada pengalaman mentadbir faktor penarik dan penolak. Faktor pe­ fungsi dan faktor pengundi bandar khu­ negeri sebelum ini. Kelemahan PAS juga narik boleh dilihat daripada calon yang susnya Cina yang menolak BN. terletak kepada kelemahan kepemim­ diketengahkan oleh BN yakni kombi­ Pengundi Siam dilihat kekal me­ pinan Pesuruhjaya PAS yang juga bekas nasi antara calon muda dan senior. nyokong BN. Namun, pengundi India Menteri Besar Kedah Datuk Seri Azizan Calon muda seperti Datuk Mukhriz berpecah menyokong BN dan pakatan Razak. Mahathir yang memenangi kerusi De­ pembangkang. Kemenangan BN di Selain menghadapi masalah kesiha­ wan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Ayer Hi­ Parlimen dan DUN Langkawi, Padang tan, Azizan juga menghadapi perba­ tam dan Datin Nor Sabrina Mohd (DUN Terap dan Kubang Pasu sememang­ lahan dalaman PAS Kedah yang me­ Bandar Baharu) digandingkan dengan nyebabkan kerajaan negeri menjadi le­ nya dijangkakan. pemimpin senior seperti Pengerusi Ba­ mah. Antara perbalahan itu ialah Apa yang menarik ialah kejutan yang dan Perhubungan UMNO Kedah, Datuk antara Azizan dan pemimpin Kedah berlaku melalui kemenangan BN di DUN Headline Kekuatan jentera berjaya rampas semula Kedah MediaTitle Berita Harian Date 10 May 2013 Language Malay Circulation 192,982 Readership 1,521,000 Section Nasional Color Full Color Page No 33 ArticleSize 356 cm² AdValue RM 12,053 PR Value RM 36,158 lain seperti Dr Ismail Salleh dan Datuk masalah sosial di Kuala Kedah adalah kan jentera kerajaan dan sokongan ka­ Phahrolrazi Zawawi. antara isu yang melemahkan kerajaan kitangan awam kepada kerajaan PAS. Selain itu, banyak juga isu dibang­ PAS. Apa yang pasti, pengundi Kedah sa­ kitkan BN yang menunjukkan kelema­ Isu kalimah Allah dan hukum hudud ngat bijak dan tidak harus dipandang han kerajaan PAS di Kedah. Masalah yang tidak ditangani dengan baik oleh ringan oleh pihak BN yang menang dan kekurangan pelaburan asing, tiada PAS, banyak menjejaskan sokongan pe­ pakatan pembangkang yang kalah. pembangunan, penebangan balak dan ngundi konservatif dan agama di Kedah. ialah isu alam sekitar di Pedu, pengurusan Malah, hubungan lemah antara pihak Dekan Pusat Pengajian Antarabangsa, dan hutang pembinaan kampus induk kerajaan PAS dengan pegawai dan ka­ Universiti Utara Malaysia Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) dan kitangan awam Kedah juga melemah­.
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