
PAS DAN TRANSFORMASI POLITIK: KESESUAIAN SEBAGAI PEMBANGKANG ATAU PEMERINTAH
Author(s) -
Saiyid Radzuwan Syed Sopi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian people journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2600-8971
DOI - 10.37231/apj.2022.5.1.314
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , alliance , political science , criticism , politics , law
The hope of Islamic Malaysian Party (PAS) to be part of the ruling government was successfully take place when Alliance of Hope (PH) was overthrown by the National Alliance (PN) through a political coup on 24 Feb 2020. While being the opposition, PAS often threw various criticisms against Barisan Nasional (BN) such as hudud laws, alcohol, gambling, Malay-Islam interests, and others. Such criticism persist even though the Putrajaya administration has changed from BN to PH. For instance, PAS through the cyber troopers and a coalition of PAS-UMNO leaders have attacked PH on the issue of drunk drivers which can cause racial riots. This study is a qualitative study and reference materials that are physical and online are used as reference sources. Thus, this study found that for more than a year PAS has the authority at the federal level but their fiery promises during the opposition seems to be disappeared. There is a possibility that the promises have been overshadowed by the luxuries of life. Furthermore, the people have more respect for the greatness of PAS during the opposition despite the inconsistency of information from its leaders. Although the idea thrown by PAS during the opposition was quite difficult to accomplish, but their courage to dispute a decision is highly anticipated.
Keywords: Alliance National; Criticism; Cyber trooper; in power; Opposition
Abstrak: Hasrat Parti Islam Se-Malaysia untuk menjadi sebahagian daripada kerajaan pemerintah berjaya direalisasikan apabila Pakatan Harapan (PH) ditumbangkan oleh Perikatan Nasional (PN) melalui rampasan kuasa politik pada 24 Feb 2020. Semasa PAS menjadi pembangkang, mereka sering melemparkan pelbagai kritikan terhadap Barisan Nasional (BN) seperti isu hukum hudud, arak, judi, kepentingan Melayu-Islam dan sebagainya. Kritikan sedemikian tidak berhenti walaupun pentadbiran Putrajaya telah berubah tangan daripada BN ke PH. Sebagai contoh, PAS melalui tentera siber dan gabungan pemimpin PAS-UMNO telah menyerang PH berkaitan isu pemandu mabuk sehingga boleh menimbulkan rusuhan kaum. Kajian ini merupakan kajian kualitatif dan bahan-bahan rujukan yang bersifat fizikal dan atas talian dijadikan sumber rujukan. Justeru, kajian ini mendapati bahawa sudah setahun lebih PAS berkuasa di peringkat persekutuan tetapi janji mereka yang berapi-api sewaktu pembangkang sudah hilang. Terdapat kemungkinan yang boleh menjelaskan bahawa janji tersebut telah ditelan oleh arus kemewahan hidup. Selanjutnya, rakyat lebih menghormati kehebatan PAS semasa menjadi pembangkang walaupun terdapat ketidakseragaman maklumat daripada pemimpinnya. Walaupun idea yang dilontarkan oleh PAS sewaktu pembangkang agak sukar direalisasikan, namun keberanian mereka mempertikaikan sesuatu keputusan amat dinanti-nantikan.
Kata kunci: Perikatan Nasional; Kritikan; Tentera siber; Berkuasa; Pembangkang