PAS has given up hope of winning the Kuala Besut state seat but the
party has not ‘thrown the towel down’ yet as it struggles to reduce
incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) the 2,434 majority votes the latter got
in the 13th general election.
But then, the party does not see any indication that the majority gained
by BN would be reduced given several factors that hamper the efforts.
PAS central committee member who is also Tumpat MP Datuk Kamaruddin
Jaafar said firstly was polling would be held on Wednesday, a working
day where outside voters were not able to return to vote.
“Secondly the turn out for local voters is not expected to be high given it is a Wednesday, a working day and fasting month.
“Nevertheless, we will continue pushing as we are not out as yet,” he said.
PAS is indeed far behind BN with three more days to polling as the
party’s nightly ceramah held at various kampungs attracted not more than
150 people, except for the party spiritual chief Datuk Seri Nik Aziz
Nik Mat’s ceramah held at Gong Badak which attracted some 1,000 but
apparently most of them were from Kelantan, not local voters.
And that was only once, three nights ago and after that, there are no
more Nik Aziz as he is not well, in fact he only spoke for hardly 15
minutes as he felt tired.
Terengganu PAS chief who is also party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi
Awang had just appeared in the scene two nights ago after returning from
performing umrah, thus leaving the party with a ‘commander’ in the
battle.
The party had actually fell behind on the first day of official
campaigning when BN launched a Massive attack in the state constituency
with dozens of ministers and deputy ministers flocking meeting voters
day and night.
Small ceramahs have been held indoors in small groups comprising not
more 100 people, explaining government policies and what kind of aid the
people can get for what kind of sectors while official functions are
held daily in the daytime, a true show of force.
PAS, on the other hand has been slow as Terengganu PAS played second
fiddle to Kelantan PAS given the director of the bye-election is from
Kelantan – Datuk Husam Musa – and most of the election machinery is from
PAS, which is just 20 minutes away from Pasir Puteh, Kelantan.
With such scenario, Kamaruddin is right about his party’s status in the ‘battlefield’.
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