Phahrolrazi seeks support from Nik Aziz

ALOR STAR: As the storm continues unabated in Kedah PAS, rebel division chief Datuk Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi dashed to Kelantan to try to get spiritual advisor Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat to take his side.

Phahrolrazi and his entourage made their way to the east coast state after the party’s central committee rejected his demands, one of which was to compel Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak to go on leave indefinitely.

Phahrolrazi and fellow rebel leader Dr Ismail Salleh had also forwarded a condition that an acting mentri besar be appointed if PAS wants them to accept their re-appointment as state executive councillors.

However, it is learnt the central committee rejected their demands and, instead, ordered them to unconditionally accept their old posts in the state government.

It is learnt Phahrolrazi is not satisfied with the committee’s decision and is now making a last-ditch effort to get Nik Aziz on his side.

It is also learnt Phahrolrazi had resorted to seeking the intervention of the Kelantan mentri besar after the Kedah PAS ulama council advised him to accept the central committee’s decision.

PAS Dewan Ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib said it had no power to overturn decisions made by the central committee.

In another development, it is learnt that PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu is backing Phahrolrazi from behind the scenes.

Sources said Mohamad is bent on being a candidate in the next election and has allegedly reached a point of desperation as there is no inkling that any state would nominate him for any seat.

Mohamad, who is from Penang, has only a slim chance in his home state. PAS has only one seat considered safe there and it has been accounted for.

However, he has contested in Kedah before and he sees some prospects there.

Meanwhile, sources said they are not discounting the meddling of PKR and DAP in the Kedah fiasco.

“These component parties of the Pakatan Rakyat are not comfortable discussing seat allocations with Azizan, who is adamant in maintaining the status quo,” said a source.