PAS Dilemmas in the Era of Abdul Hadi Awang

Saiyid Ridzuwan Syed Sopi, Faridah Jaafar

2018

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify what will happen to the PAS organization when the result of 61st Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) muktamar (general assembly) in Kuala Selangor, June 6, 2015 revealed that the PAS leadership has been dominated by ulama leaders, labelled ‘traditionalist’ or ‘purist’ and the ‘mainstreamer’ or ‘reformist’ had to admit that they have lost their positions in the party. The focus of this research is to identify that when Abdul Hadi Awang, the PAS president, had successfully purged the reformist from being a part of the party members, he and his factions had made an unpredictable action to withdraw from multi-ethnic opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) in June 16, 2015. As a result, PR was dissolved and the rift worsened after the PAS leadership was captured by conservatives and the party accepted a motion by its conservative ulama (clerics) wing to sever ties with the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and People Justice Party (PKR). Hadi realized that it is near impossible for PAS to be in power on the national level without assistance from the opposition parties. However, this research found that although Hadi was a veteran politician, he asserts that his ideology, political thought and his ways of solving political problems are against with PH. Hadi was categorized as an arrogant who always disagrees with his colleagues, lacks of coalition spirit, and always makes a controversial statement towards PH.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Syed Sopi S. and Jaafar F. (2018). PAS Dilemmas in the Era of Abdul Hadi Awang.In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research - Volume 1: ICMR, ISBN 978-989-758-437-4, pages 645-649. DOI: 10.5220/0008891806450649

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icmr18,
author={Saiyid Ridzuwan Syed Sopi and Faridah Jaafar},
title={PAS Dilemmas in the Era of Abdul Hadi Awang},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research - Volume 1: ICMR,},
year={2018},
pages={645-649},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008891806450649},
isbn={978-989-758-437-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research - Volume 1: ICMR,
TI - PAS Dilemmas in the Era of Abdul Hadi Awang
SN - 978-989-758-437-4
AU - Syed Sopi S.
AU - Jaafar F.
PY - 2018
SP - 645
EP - 649
DO - 10.5220/0008891806450649