KUALA LUMPUR: According to analysts, Malaysia’s opposition Parti Islam Se – Malaysia( PAS ) set a goal to win over non-Muslim and Malay voters by the next general election. However, achieving this goal will be difficult.
According to those questioned by CNA, the Islamic party’s” extreme” reputation among the majority of non-Muslims and Asian people in the nation, which is a result of the religious-based laws it imposes on the state it governs, is its biggest obstacle.
Analysts predict that PAS will need to adopt a more modest tone in order to increase its chances of success with its new objective, though doing so could jeopardize the party’s current electoral success due to its political and religious stance.
They encounter a significant obstacle in their efforts to win the hearts and minds of non-Malays because they are even aware of how crucial the Malay vote is. Social scientist Jeniri Amir, a older brother with the National Professors Council, said that while you can satisfy the Chinese and Indians, you run the risk of upsetting the Malays.
Observers were in response to comments made by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang at the party’s three-day annual congress’ opening on Friday( Oct 20 ) where he said it needed to work on winning over non-Malay and non – Muslim voters if they were to make more progress in the 16th general election( GE16 ) of the nation.
” We were successful in winning the aid of Malay Muslims voters in the new GE-15.” Thus, a crucial and significant effort must be made to win over voters who are not Muslims or Malay in the future GE-16 elections. This project requires careful, well-organized, and intelligent execution and conversation, Mr. Abdul Hadi stated in his speech. & nbsp,
” We conducted a post-mortem and discovered both weaknesses and strengths. Among the faults were the inability to elect non-Muslim voters and the dearth of seats.”
The annual meeting of PAS is being held in conjunction with the group’s greatest triumphs to date, positioning it as the main group for Malaysian Malays in place of the United Malay National Organization( UMNO ). & nbsp,
From the 12th to the 14th general elections, PAS ‘ performance was largely consistent, but during the 15th General Elections in November of last year, it managed to increase their share of seats in the parliament by 14 % to win 43 seats.
As a result, it grew to be the single-largest party in Malaysia’s parliament. Mr. Hadi Awang referred to it as” a significant milestone” in the 71-year history of PAS and attributed it to the party working with the Perikatan Nasional ( PN ) coalition.
The PN, which is comprised of PAS, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia( Bersat ), run by former premier Muhyiddin Yassin, has a total of 73 seats in the 222-seat parliament, though Gerakan doesn’t have any.
The Islamist party put on an increased performance once more at the local elections in six states in August, escalating fears of a” natural storm” sweeping across Malaysia. Green is associated to PAS with its symbol being in the color.
The PN coalition made significant progress in the state assemblies controlled by the ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition and Barisan Nasional( BN ) thanks to its 126 out of 245 seats and victory total of 105.
In the PH-run state of Selangor, Penang, and Negeri Sembilan, both, PN won 22, 11, and five votes. Ten of these chairs were won by PAS in Selangor, seven in Penang, and three in Negeri Sembilan.