PAS could be wiped out in next GE, says Kit Siang

PETALING JAYA: PAS could be completely wiped out in the next general election as a result of the party’s move to implement hudud in Kelantan.

In a blog post on Tuesday, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang (pic) admitted that all three Pakatan Rakyat component parties would suffer dearly if the Opposition pact could not be saved but warned that it was PAS which would emerge the biggest loser.

“PAS is in danger of losing nearly all of its parliament and state assembly seats outside the northern states as a result of the enactment of the Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code 2015 and PAS president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang’s private member’s bill on hudud implementation.

“With a loss of 30% of non-Muslim votes, PAS will lose the seven parliament and 29 state seats it won in the GE13 in 2013,” he said.

The DAP adviser further noted that PAS could be completely wiped out in Johor, Perak and Malacca and suffer significant losses in Selangor, Pahang and Kedah.

“PAS will be left mostly with parliament and state assembly seats in the northern states,” Lim said, adding that the party could end up with only 14 parliamentary seats and 54 state seats.

He added that PAS’ loss in Terengganu in the 2004 general election and Kedah in 2013 should serve as reminders that the party must not take its support for granted and warned that it could even lose power in Kelantan.