Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Arif Shah at PKR’s Aidiladha feast

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Seberang Jaya assemblyman Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah has set tongues wagging again after he was spotted at an Aidiladha kenduri (feast) organised by PKR here.
The Umno assemblyman was leaving the kenduri at Permatang Rawa near here when Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived with his entourage.
Also present was Deputy Chief Minister I Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, the man Arif Shah was rumoured to replace.
After exchanging smiles, both Anwar and Arif Shah shook hands.
When Arif Shah was asked to pose with Anwar for a picture, he declined saying that he was rushing to another kenduri.
”This is just a coincidence and not a planned meeting. I am just meeting up with my constituents,” he said.
Arif Shah explained that the chairman of the Permatang Rawa surau had invited him to the kenduri and he had no idea that the event was organised by PKR.
Asked if PKR was reaching out to Arif Shah, the PKR de facto leader said the party would reach out to the entire community.
He added that it was good of Arif Shah to come and it was the first time he was meeting Arif Shah after the Permatang Pauh by-election.
It has been rumoured that Arif Shah was being wooed by PKR to replace Mohammad Fairus as deputy Chief Minister but Anwar has denied that.
Earlier this month, Umno sacked former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim for attending events organised by opposition parties.

tunku : i don't think in this case arif shah was wrong. he has not breach the party ethics.what zaid did was wrong, attending political function by the opposition. arif attended hari raya function in his constituency.there's diffrence between the two.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

there's different between attending political function and to be at a festive feast.political function is for political reason and festive feast is just for anyone to attend at their own free will.

i'm sure UMNO will not get hasty and act towards Arif.

Unknown said...

Arif tak salah.mungkin benar Arif "terperangkap" ketika itu.lagipun dia pergi ke majlis sambutan Aidiladha.perlu ke sambut aidiladha dengan mengambil kira latar belakang politik?.

Anonymous said...

Salam tunku...
I agree with u. Aidil Adha feast and political function adalah dua perkara yang berbeza. Diharap beliau tidak dikenakan apa-apa tindakan.

Tok Kemuning said...

Attending oppositon function is WRONG. Attending temple or church function is ok'd. Come on UMNO let grow up. Stop being discriminate. No wonder we make Rakyat more divided. Our party forcing unethical rules to our leader and imposed it as ethical rule for our leader to obey.

Sacking Zaid had done more damaged to UMNO then otherwise. Think out of BOX please.

Anonymous said...

Kalau benda macam ni boleh dimaafkan lagi, tak macam apa yang si Zaid tu buat. Macam Zaid tu memang layak dikenakan tindakan semacam itu.