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Nomination closed, EC to announce Rompin candidates soon

ROMPIN, April 22, 2015:

With Barisan Nasional (BN) and PAS candidates having filed their papers to contest in the Rompin parliamentary by-election, the Election Commission (EC) is set to make an official announcement on it soon.

BN’s Datuk Hasan Arifin and PAS’ Nazri Ahmad both filed their papers before 9.15am.

While there was talk earlier of an Independent candidate who had expressed interest in contesting, up until 9.45am, it appeared that the election would see a straight fight between Hasan and Nazri.

However, at 9.50am, Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli arrived, only to have his application rejected by the EC.

Mohd Shukri when met by reporters said he was informed by the EC officer upon submitting his nomination form that the reason his application was rejected was because he had begun campaigning very early.

Prior to that, an angry Mohd Shukri was seen walking out of the nomination centre and was also spotted tearing his papers in front of the media.

As it stands, it would appear that the Rompin by-election would see a straight fight between BN and PAS.

Also present at the nomination centre earlier was Bukit Ibam assemblyman Datuk Wan Khadri Wan Mahussin.

When met outside the nomination centre at the Jubli Perak Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah hall in Kuala Rompin, here, Wan Khadri said Hasan was the most qualified choice to replace the late Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis.

Wan Khadri said he had known Hasan for more than 20 years and remarked that the latter had a big heart and was always fighting for Umno.

Hasan’s experience in being an administrator was also a key factor that got him selected as a candidate, said Wan Khadri, apart from being a true Rompin man who knows the issues of the community.

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'Better PAS than puppet candidate'

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7, 2014:

For ‘Awang Selamat’, it would be better to trust PAS leaders to handle the RM5 billion Selangor reserve as compared to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s puppet Menteri Besar candidate.

Awang Selamat, which is the pseudonym for Utusan Malaysia’s weekly editorial column today said it was exciting that PAS had submitted three names as potential MB candidates to the Sultan of Selangor.

“The more choices, the better. What is wrong if a PAS candidate is made MB?

“Give a chance to the party which has the rights and merit to do so in the context of Selangor politics,” the column stated.

However, Awang Selamat opined that there are hiccups with regards to this, as the Anwarinas group, which is a term used to describe supporters of Anwar, has reacted towards the ulama leadership in PAS, which included forming the Pertubuhan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (PasMA).

There had also been several efforts openly trying to discredit the wisdom of its president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.

“PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu had also questioned the decision by the Syura’s Ulama council to nominate a PAS assemblyman as a MB candidate.

“This is possibly the worst turmoil in the history of PAS, with compliments to Anwar for achieving that, and DAP becomes the component party which is benefitting the most,” Awang Selamat said.

However, Awang Selamat applauded Abdul Hadi and the ulama leadership within the party, for managing to stand strong and not bow to PKR and DAP despite being attacked by the Anwarinas.

The column also praised Abdul Hadi for being stern in asking those with different directions to leave the party.

“Awang would like to salute PAS president Hadi Awang and the line-up of ulama leaders for not bowing down to the requests of PKR and DAP.

“Although Hadi has received much flak from the Anwarinas or Anwariyun (references to Anwar’s supporters), a majority of the party’s grassroots are still with him (Hadi),” the editorial read.

The statement made by Abdul Hadi yesterday that Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was not qualified, according to Awang Selamat, showed that PAS’ ulama leadership were not bowing down to PKR and DAP.

“Awang believes this is just the beginning. It is wrong for Anwar to take Abdul Hadi for granted.

“We’ll just see.”

Awang Selamat had also complimented Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah for his wisdom in handling the turmoil in Selangor.