‘FAKE ULAMA’ MUHYIDDIN GETS A TONGUE-LASHING – WHICH QURANIC VERSE & HADITH ARE YOU USING? – ZAHID QUESTIONS DISGRACED EX-PM’S ‘FATWA’ THAT MAKES IT ‘HARAM’ FOR MUSLIMS TO VOTE FOR PAKATAN
Zahid questions Muhyiddin’s political fatwa against voting for Pakatan
JOHOR BARU: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has questioned the fatwa used by Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who deemed voting for Pakatan Harapan’s Pulai parliamentary seat candidate Suhaizan Kayat as “haram” or sinful.
The Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Umno president and Barisan Nasional chairman, slammed the statement made by the former prime minister.
“Someone, who is not an ulama, has issued a political fatwa, claiming that voting for the unity government’s candidate, Suhaizan, is haram.
“I want to ask that person, which Quranic verse and Hadith he uses. When he was part of the Pakatan Harapan 1.0 government, everything was halal to him.
“But when they are no longer aligned, then he issues a fatwa,” he said in a press conference after visiting PPR Kempas Permai here on Sunday (Sept 3).
Ahmad Zahid added that voters in Johor, especially in Pulai and Simpang Jeram were not easily fooled by such things.
“In my opinion, Bangsa Johor and the voters in the two constituencies, in general, are different from voters in the states they control.
“The people of Johor need stability, the voters of Johor want their representatives to fight for their needs and destiny, whether in Pulai and Simpang Jeram,” he said.
On Saturday night, during a Perikatan ceramah at Taman Kempas here, Muhyiddin deemed it “haram” or sinful to vote for Suhaizan in the Pulai by-election.
“Do not give even one vote to Suhaizan, the ex-(Johor) speaker. I deem it as haram.
“Tomorrow someone will challenge me which fatwa this was based on,” the former prime minister quipped.
The by-election for the Pulai parliamentary seat and Simpang Jeram state seat were held following the death of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub who was respectively the MP and assemblyman for the seats.
Pakatan’s Suhaizan is in a three-cornered fight against Perikatan’s Zulkifli Jaafar and Independent candidate Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi.
Pulai is a mixed seat with Malays making up 44.18% of the total 166,653 registered voters, followed by the Chinese (40.46%), Indians (12.31%) and other ethnicities (3.06%).
In the 15th General Election held in November last year, Salahuddin had defended the seat and won with 64,900 votes, which gave him a 33,174 majority against Barisan Nasional-Umno’s Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (31,726 votes) and Loh Kah Yong from Perikatan-Gerakan (20,677 votes). ANN
Pulai polls: ‘Haram’ to vote for PH candidate, says Muhyiddin
JOHOR BARU: Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has deemed it “haram” or sinful to vote for Pakatan Harapan’s Pulai parliamentary seat candidate Suhaizan Kayat.
He made the remark seemingly in jest during a Perikatan ceramah at Taman Kempas here on Saturday (Sept 2) night, which drew laughter from the crowd.
“Do not give even one vote to Suhaizan, the ex-(Johor) speaker. I deem it as haram.
“Tomorrow someone will challenge me which fatwa this was based on,” the former prime minister quipped.
The Pagoh MP claimed if Pakatan wins the Pulai parliamentary seat in the Sept 9 by-election, voters would be helping the Unity Government retain its two-thirds majority in Dewan Rakyat.
“Having a two-thirds majority will make it easy for them to make constitutional amendments, including the redelineation of electoral boundaries which is done every eight years.
“How do you think they will do this? They are sure to increase the current 222-seat Parliament by another 78 seats to 300.
“Where would they want these increases? Maybe in urban and densely populated areas.
“This is not a racial issue but the reality of the geo-politics here and in other areas.
“Gerrymandering will happen where they break up the constituency that does not support them and add seats in areas that support them.
“The urban areas are populated by the Chinese. A large chunk of those areas do not support us but I do not want to blame them,” he said, adding that this would then give more power to other parties, including DAP, come the 16th or 17th General Election.
It was previously reported that the next time the Election Commission will be able to conduct a redelineation exercise in Sarawak will be in 2023, 2025 for Sabah and 2026 for states in the peninsula.
Muhyiddin also claimed that the present government has no sympathy for the Malay struggle.
“We have effectively lost the sole authority to govern because the Malays, who constitute the majority, are now in the Opposition. We are in a difficult and dangerous situation,” he added.
The by-election for the Pulai parliamentary seat and Simpang Jeram state seat were held following the death of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub who was respectively the MP and assemblyman for the seats.
Pakatan’s Suhaizan is in a three-cornered fight against Perikatan’s Zulkifli Jaafar and Independent candidate Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi.
Pulai is a mixed seat with Malays making up 44.18% of the total 166,653 registered voters, followed by the Chinese (40.46%), Indians (12.31%) and other ethnicities (3.06%).
In the 15th General Election held in November last year, Salahuddin had defended the seat and won with 64,900 votes, which gave him a 33,174 majority against Barisan Nasional-Umno’s Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (31,726 votes) and Loh Kah Yong from Perikatan-Gerakan (20,677 votes). ANN
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