'Hasan's royal award a recognition for PAS'
Hazlan Zakaria
12:36PM Dec 8, 2011
12:36PM Dec 8, 2011
Selangor PAS today refuted Umno-owned Malay daily Utusan Malaysia's assertion that the royal award to be given to former PAS 
commissioner Hasan Ali (right) was a personal recognition.
Deputy state commissioner Khalid Samad told reporters at a press conference in Shah Alam, “In my view, the award is his Highness' recognition of PAS as a party and Pakatan as a whole for its tenure in the state. The sultan has been very fair in this, in the first year awarding the Datuk Seri title to the MB Khalid Ibrahim from PKR, the second a datukship to speaker Teng Chang Kim of DAP, and this year it is our turn, by awarding the Datuk Paduka Mahkota to the former PAS commissioner as the ranking party member on the state executive council."
However, Khalid said that if Hasan could indeed unite the Malays in the state, PAS would welcome it though he cautioned that unity just for the sake of Malay nationalism alone was not enough but required a more holistic and inclusive purpose.
commissioner Hasan Ali (right) was a personal recognition.Deputy state commissioner Khalid Samad told reporters at a press conference in Shah Alam, “In my view, the award is his Highness' recognition of PAS as a party and Pakatan as a whole for its tenure in the state. The sultan has been very fair in this, in the first year awarding the Datuk Seri title to the MB Khalid Ibrahim from PKR, the second a datukship to speaker Teng Chang Kim of DAP, and this year it is our turn, by awarding the Datuk Paduka Mahkota to the former PAS commissioner as the ranking party member on the state executive council."
However, Khalid said that if Hasan could indeed unite the Malays in the state, PAS would welcome it though he cautioned that unity just for the sake of Malay nationalism alone was not enough but required a more holistic and inclusive purpose.
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