PAS liaison committee meeting urges Nizar, Mujahid to resign

The Perak PAS Liaison Committee meeting Sunday unanimously urged Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa who have joined the Amanah Negara (Amanah) to resign from their posts in PAS.

Perak PAS Commissioner Razman Zakaria said Mujahid, who is , had been declared the Amanah Mohammad Nizar, the Changkat Jering assemblyman is Amanah Central Committee member and Perak Amanah deputy chairman.

He said under the PAS constitution, membership in the party would cease and they must vacate or step down as elected representative if they joined another party, declared leaving the party or were sacked.

"They (Mujahid and Mohammad Nizar) had contested in the 13th General Election on PAS tickets, after being given the green light and approved by the PAS leadership.

"They had also signed an agreement with the Perak PAS and central liaison bodies that if they switched or left the party, they should vacate or resign as elected representatives of the seats they had won," he said at a media conference, Sunday.

He said in a or Bai'yah, they had also vowed in the name of God that they would resign if they joined another party.

viewed Mujahid and Mohammad Nizar's action as without integrity when holding a post entrusted to them.

On Aug 31, Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB) chairman Mohamad Sabu announced that the party, Amanah be used as the official name of the political channel for GHB.

He also announced the Amanah which he was chairman, also comprised Ahmad Awang (general adviser), former PAS vice-president Salahudin Ayub (deputy chairman), Mujahid (vice-chairman), Kota Raja MP Dr Mariah Ahmad (Wanita chief) and Mohd Sany Hamzan (Youth chief).