PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and other party leaders taking a vote at the party’s general assembly today. (Facebook pic)
SHAH ALAM : Newly elected PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden has called on the public to refrain from comparing the party’s elections with that of its rival Umno, after the Islamic party’s top five leaders retained their positions unopposed.
“We are not the same as them (Umno), we allowed every position to be contested, unlike Umno,” he said. “But no one wanted to vie for the party’s top five leadership posts,” he said at the PAS general assembly tonight.
Earlier this year, Umno members approved a decision to bar contests for the party presidency and deputy presidency, allowing Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Mohamad Hasan to retain their posts.
Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden.
Afnan also said there should be no comparison between PAS and Umno in any way.
“Their president even lied to members saying ‘No Anwar, No DAP’ but yet after the election the president went back on his promise,” he said, referring to Umno’s decision to be part of the ruling coalition with Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan, which includes DAP.
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