KOTA BAHARU, Feb 20 -- Kelantan Pas has urged Datuk Ibrahim Ali to vacate his Pasir Mas parliamentary seat for "not appreciating one's favour".
The party's state liaison secretary Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said Ibrahim had offered himself to stand for the seat in the 2008 General Election on Pas' ticket but party leaders in the constituency had rejected the idea.
"Due to principle, the Tok Guru (Kelantan Menteri Besar and Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat) thought he should be given a chance even though we had to ignore the demand of members in the area," he said.
After winning the election on Pas' ticket though he was an independent candidate, Ibrahim seemed to have forgotten the understanding reached with the party, he said.
He said as a people's representative who had been given a chance by Pas to contest, Ibrahim should not have criticised the party as though he alone was right.
"If he is a man of dignity, he can resign," said Takiyuddin who is also State Local Government, Tourism and Culture Committee Chairman after the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of Pachor Bridge.
Nik Aziz officiated the ceremony here today.
Takiyuddin said Pas would appoint a "Pasir Mas Parliamentary supervisor" to control Ibrahim's actions which went against the policy of the opposition alliance and Pas.
Ibrahim should also declare his stand whether he supported the opposition or government, and stop attacking everybody, he said. "He is neither opposition nor government, don't know where he stands," he said.
He said Pas members in Pasir Mas were not happy with Ibrahim and many complaints had been made against him for not giving any commitment to Pas and the Kelantan government.
On the possibility of Ibrahim joining Pas, Takiyuddin said: "We don't offer him and we also have never turned him down but so far he has never applied to join Pas."
Responding to Takiyuddin's call to vacate the Pasir Mas parliamentary seat, Ibrahim told reporters in Tumpat that he would not do so because he had sacrificed a lot for Pas.
He admitted "borrowing" Pas' symbol to enable him to win the election and said that that it did not mean he had to follow and be bonded with Pas.
"Why should Pas get angry? All the while I speak openly, sometimes I criticise no matter who they are. Some say the way I talk bend towards Barisan Nasional.
"True, I criticise everybody but I have never condemned Pas leaders in or outside the House. I have never touched Pas, sometimes however I am being cynical that depends on the issue; that is normal," he said.
Ibrahim said if he lambasted other political parties what had it anything to do with Pas to the extent that it felt dissatisfied even though he criticised Umno more.
He gave three reasons why he would not relinquish being a member of Parliament.
"Firstly, there are about 50,000 voters in Pasir Mas and if 100 percent of them urge me to resign I will but if one I will not because in democracy many wins but it does not mean many is right," he said.
He also said during the recent Kuala Terengganu by-election, RM16 million was spent to maintain security and the amount was high to elect a representative. So, it would be a waste if he were to vacate the seat since the Election Commission had to hold a by-election in Pasir Mas, he added.
The third reason -- "I will have to wait five years if I resign and cannot contest again, that is stupid."
Ibrahim said as a former member of the Umno Supreme Council and former Pasir Mas Umno division head, it was a gamble in his political career to contest on Pas' ticket as an independent, and likened his sacrifice as that of a suicide bomber. Pas should have realised it, he said.
"But I am not disheartened; I have lost a father (after being expelled from Umno) and now I lose a mother (after being pressed to resign), become a real orphan but that is okay," he said.Bernama
My comment: YB Dato Ibrahim Ali has played a positive and consistent role in the Parliament. He is very protective of Malay rights. He is consistent in upholding the institution of Constitutional Monarchy both in Parliament and outside. He does not talk nonsense. He criticizes both sides of the political divide ie whether the government or the opposition. He is only one MP and not make any significant in any voting.
Thus I would really support that Dato Ibrahim remains as an MP and continue his good work.
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