PAS, PKR and DAP, who calls the shots?

PAS spiritual leader TG Nik Aziz has urged opposition leader DS Anwar Ibrahim to retract his statement supporting of Israel's national security concerns.

This is going to be an interesting study of how Pakatan Rakyat functions as a coalition, many Malaysians not happy with the Barisan Nasional and who are looking for regime change fail to see beyond their anger at the present coalition in federal government and are ready to hand over power to a party that is hardly even sure of who is in charge.

In this blog post, I would like to focus on PAS, they have a leadership structure that is unique. They have at the apex a body called the Ulama Council and TG Nik Aziz is supposed to be head honcho, whereas the President of PAS is supposed to be TG Hadi Awang. Now depending on who you talk to, they will either tell you that the PAS President is the most important man in the party while there are others who will disagree, and mind you I am talking about PAS members themselves not being sure.

So in this particular issue who will Anwar have to listen to, Hadi or Nik Aziz?

What happens if Anwar decides to not listen to either?

For some funny reason I am reminded of Luiz Suarez being forced to appologise to Patrice Evra, Liverpool seem to be in a dilemma, there is now talk that the Liverpool owners may have to sell Suarez.

If Anwar chooses to remain silent or worse decides not to retract his statement, will PAS decide that he has to go? Does PAS have the will or the power? What is the role of DAP in all this?

It is understandable that Pakatan Rakyat wants to project a united front by professing to support Anwar Ibrahim as their man for the position of Prime Minister should they come to power at the federal level. But they have yet to present to Malaysians any sort of coherent structure that would prevent a free for all in the case of a dispute.

I do not know about you, but I think Malaysians deserve to be treated better by a coalition seeking their vote to come to power.