While Sunday is still five days away when PAS leaders would convene and decide, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de facto chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is ‘sweating profusely’ to achieve his Kajang Move objective and DAP has started being impatient.
In desperation as time is an important factor to pull down sitting Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Anwar had rushed to Terengganu and met PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang to get his nod to abandon Khalid, but the outcome seemed negative.
Negative in the sense that Anwar did not get Abdul Hadi’s positive response to act further against Khalid, a reason Anwar did not speak to the media after the four-eyed meeting.
If the response from Abdul Hadi was positive, Anwar would have quickly called for a press conference to further launch the assault to pressure Khalid to vacate the post or seek appointment with the Sultan of Selangor that could convince the Ruler to overturn his earlier decision.
Not giving up his effort, the DAP which is supporting the Kajang Move had made a call for PAS to, at the very least, make its stand clear whether it would continue with Pakatan Rakyat (PR) while waiting for its Sunday meeting to decide on Khalid.
At stake which worry DAP and PKR leaders is PAS’ status in the opposition pact because without the Islamist party, the opposition pact will lose not just the die-hards PAS members and supporters but its credibility as a pact.
If PAS leaves, DAP and PKR aim of taking over Putrajaya is lost forever and even now, the objective of taking over Putrajaya in the next general election is just a far-fetched dream.
Anwar’s Kajang Move has in reality jeopardise PR’s chance of sustaining its influence which it obtained quite handsomely in the last general election.
Anwar’s Kajang Move does not only tarnish PKR’s image as a stable political party but tarnish the whole of PR’s image as an opposition pact.
Fearing for the worse, PKR and DAP leaders may be in for a surprise as their ‘pressure’ for PAS to react fast seem to have slighted the Islamist party leaders.
The party leaders have put a gag order on its members on the issue and they themselves are keeping their distance from DAP and PKR leaders for fear of misinterpretations.
And PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustapha Ali gave just few words for comment: “Wait for our decision on Sunday.”
In short, he is tired of getting questions from media for which he himself did not know the answer.
The moderates aligned to Anwar are also working hard to convince the leadership to support Anwar’s Kajang Move before they sit to discuss the issue on Sunday.
And judging from the unfolding events and reaction, PAS is expected to continue supporting Khalid but will not work with Umno and will not leave PR.
In short, PAS wants its partners in PR to recognise and accept that it has its own principles and policies which its aprtners must respect and not go on senseless debates such as the Hudud laws and the Islamic state.
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