SABAK BERNAM, June 13 ― PAS claimed that its government in Kelantan and one-term rule in Terengganu were free of corruption.
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang also pointed to the graft allegations surrounding Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s house purchase as he campaigned here in the Sungai Besar by-election.
“We have proven this in Kelantan and Terengganu ― none of our leaders were involved in corruption, land and bungalow (scandals). None. This is our success in forming a clean government,” he told the audience of over 200 during his speech here last night.
The Marang MP also claimed that the DAP administration in Penang has suffered problems, while the Kelantan state government was free from issues.
“DAP in just one term administering Penang, a lot of things have happened. We have led the Kelantan government for many terms and nothing has happened,” Hadi added.
Kelantan, however, was not entirely free from problems in the administration as the Auditor-General’s Report released last month revealed that many victims of the December 2014 floods that hit Kelantan, among other states in the east coast, were still staying in tents and transit homes in the second half of last year as 40 per cent of the new homes planned for them remained unbuilt.
Hadi made an example of the short-lived Pakatan Rakyat rule in Perak, where he accused PAS' former allies in the now-defunct pact of succumbing to corruption and causing them to lose the government.
“Alhamdulillah, none of our representatives were taken by 'dedak'.
“We lost the Perak government under Pakatan Rakyat not because of us, but because of our friends who ate dedak there. That's why we lost Perak,” he said.
Claiming that PAS is the only party that can bring change in Malaysia, Hadi said the Islamist party would never be in cahoots with the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).
“We will support what is right and oppose what is wrong. This has been our stand since our party formation before independence,” he said.
“We rise from the call of the rakyat and not money politics. Our downfall was due to the treason and wrongdoings done by Umno and BN,” Hadi said, adding that “Only PAS will be able to bring change, not DAP or PAN (Amanah)”.
The polls on June 18 will see a three-cornered fight between BN’s Budiman Mohd Zohdi, PAS' Dr Rani Osman and Parti Amanah Negara's (Amanah) Azhar Shukur.
