PAS will postpone its annual general assembly or muktamar scheduled for the beginning of June if the parliamentary by-elections for Sungai Besar in Selangor and Kuala Kangsar in Perak fall within its scheduled dates.<\/p>\n
PAS deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said the party was waiting for an announcement by the Election Commission (EC) before its central leadership makes a decision.<\/p>\n
PAS had scheduled its 62nd assembly for June 1 to 4 to be held in Kota Baru, Kelantan.<\/p>\n
The EC will meet tomorrow to determine the dates for the two by-elections, which political observers speculate would be held simultaneously by the end of next month, with polling day likely to be June 4.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are waiting for the announcement and if the by-elections fall during our proposed assembly, we will postpone it so our leaders and members can concentrate on the by-elections,\u201d Tuan Ibrahim said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will hold the assembly at a later date as all of us will be involved in the preparations and campaigns for the by-elections.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliamentary seats fell vacant when the MPs, Datuk Noriah Kasnon and Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad, respectively, were among those killed in a helicopter crash in Sarawak last Thursday.<\/p>\n
The two constituencies have been PAS traditional seats, and polling there has always seen a straight fight between PAS and Barisan Nasional (BN).<\/p>\n
On the possibility of three-cornered fights for the two seats, Tuan Ibrahim said he would not expect it to happen because the two seats had been traditionally PAS\u2019s seats.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is especially so in Sungai Besar where PAS has a higher chance of winning given the current political situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On the likely candidates, he said the party leadership would meet and decide as soon as the EC announced the dates.<\/p>\n
Tuan Ibrahim said the main agenda for the party\u2019s muktamar would be on preparations and gearing-up for the next general election, to be held by 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s assembly is important for the party to take it to greater heights and also to focus on empowering the people and upholding the constitution,\u201d he said – themalaymailonline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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