No quarter shown if PAS goes up against BN – Dr Rundi

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Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi

Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi

SIBU: PAS will be treated like any other opposition party when they cross swords with Barisan Nasional (BN) in the next state polls.

On this, state BN secretary-general Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi said it was immaterial whether PAS would form a pact with PKR or DAP.

He added that PAS could contest as many seats as they wished.

“We treat them alike and will fight them for every seat,” Dr Rundi, who is also Assistant Minister of Public Utilities (Electricity and Telecommunications), told thesundaypost yesterday.

He was reacting to Sarawak PAS commissioner Jofri Jaraiee’s statement that PAS was looking to contest in more than 10 constituencies in the next state election.

The seats to be contested include Beting Maro, Sebuyau, Sadong Jaya, Muara Tuang, Samariang, Pantai Damai, Jepak, Samalaju, Lambir, Senadin, Batu Kawa and Dudong.

Jofri reportedly said PAS in Sarawak would consult PKR on political cooperation similar to that in the peninsula.

Meanwhile, PBB Supreme Council member Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah stressed that Malaysia is a democratic country, adding that any registered political party could contest anywhere they wanted.

Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

PAS had done it before and was defeated badly with almost all candidates losing their deposits, recalled Abdul Karim, who is also Asajaya assemblyman.

“If they still want to try their luck again this time, they may do so.

“But my advice to them is to look at the bigger picture. Do not promote disunity of ‘Ummah’ as that is strongly despised in Islam,” he said.

“What is PAS’ agenda in Sarawak? To create an Islamic State?

“State and federal PAS leaders better do their homework on the state demography if they have that in mind,” Abdul Karim further stated.

In the 2011 state election, BN won 55 of 71 state seats.

PBB won all the 35 seats it contested in while SUPP only managed to win six out of the 19 seats it contested. PRS won eight out of nine seats and SPDP won six out of eight seats.