Of PAS 56th Muktamar : Bloggers discouraged... really?

Mohd Yasin Yusof, Penolong Setiausaha (Muktamar PAS kali ke 56), should learn a thing or two about public relations. Some say, kalau tak tahu - tanya pada yang arif. Jangan berlagak bodoh sombong. Ingat perpatah lama "Kerana lumpur se-ekor, semuanya terpalit". Apakah ini yang dikatakan "Cerdik tak boleh diikut, bodoh tak boleh diajar?"

Update : This person feels that this issue should be handled tactfully by PAS secretariat. Maybe PAS is too big-headed now and has become "Tanggang" who forgets his roots. Whatever, this is the email submitted to PAS secretariat this afternoon. Honestly, I don't expect them to reply because those handling the secretariat do not know to differentiate which is "heads" and which is "tail"...

Salam

Saya mendapat berita bahwa pihak sekretariat muktamar tidak mengeluarkan pas untuk bloggers atas alasan mereka tidak mewakili mana-mana agensi. Betulkah demikian?

Apakah ketika pilihanraya umum dan kecil, pihak PAS ada meminta bloggers mendaftar dibawah mana-mana agensi? Apakah PAS dengan ini menyatakan bahwa bloggers adalah "nyamuk-nyamuk" yang tidak perlu diberi ruang dalam muktamar PAS 56?

Kenyataan ketua penerangan PAS, Idris Ahmad, untuk mengeluarkan pas pemerhati kepada bloggers sebagai "Cadangan tersebut sebagai respons pada rungutan beberapa blogger pro PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat yang kononnya tidak dilayan oleh ad-hoc muktamar ketika memohon pas media sejak kelmarin." nampaknya cuba menepis isu ini dengan menyalahkan bloggers.

Saya berharap pihak penerangan PAS membalas mesej ini kerana kegagalan membuat demikian akan dianggap sebagai "mengiyakan" pandangan bahwa PAS sememangnya mensisihkan bloggers.

Sekian. Wassalam.

Pemanggil malam

Not all things are rosy. Only a day before, an email reply informed this person that bloggers are not welcome in the coming 56th PAS Muktamar scheduled to be held in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

Another Blogger, Al Banjari posted Perisik Rakyat's grouses on the way PAS secretariat is handling the bloggers. Dalam bahasa mudah - Bloggers not welcomed to cover PAs muktamar!

First, it is PAS prerogative to allow or to disallow any person(s) to their muktamar. Rumah dia, dia boleh buat apa yang dia suka. It's that what PAS is thinking?

Then Al Banjari posted another article at 0944 quoting Idris Ahmad, PAS information chief that bloggers may attend the muktamar as observers. To this person, this is a damage control exercise. Simple as that!!

Jelas sekali sesetengah pihak dalam PAS mensifatkan bloggers sebagai "melukut ditepi gantang". Bukan itu saja, perangai pihak PAS ini terhadap bloggers bak "Habis manis, sepah dibuang".

Malangnya, PAS masih mempunyai pihak saperti ini untuk menjayakan muktamar peringkat kebangsaan. Tindakan segelintir petugas ini akan mempalitkan PAS sebagai sebuah organisasi yang teratur yang sudah memintas UMNO dalam pelbagai hal. Segelintir pemimpin saperti ini harus diberi "tazkirah" untuk membezakan yang mana lawan yang mana kawan.

Sudah tiba masanya untuk PAS membezakan yang mana intan yang mana kaca. Tindakan sekretariat PAS untuk memberi laluan kepada sesetangah arus perdana yang terang-terang menentang usaha PAS harus dipertikaikan dengan cara terbuka.

Apakah PAS sudah lupa akan deretan bloggers yang memberi bantuan terhadap jentera parti ketika pilihanraya, samada pilihanraya umum atau pilihanraya kecil? Apakah PAS kini terlalu besar kepala sehingga lupa daratan? Sebagai satu parti yang berpandukan Islam sebagai ad-deen, para pemimpin parti agaknya lupa bahwa bantuan Yang Esa datang dari pelbagai sudut dan rupa!

This person believe that Al Banjari will attend the muktamar in his capacity as PAS member. The same cannot be said of Perisik Rakyat who has openly mention that he will skip the muktamar and will not provide any coverage on the event.

PAS may have forgotten that there are countless unsung heroes who plodded through the nights and spent their own resources to support PAS since its formative years. PAS needs to understand that these unsung heroes are the ones who supported the party's struggle, without asking for any rewards or recognition.

PAS should ask themselves - how do they want to play the game. Do PAS wishes to continue denying the aspirations of some bloggers to attend their muktamar? The ball is now at PAS feet. Let's see how they play the ball...

Mohd Yasin Yusof, Penolong Setiausaha (Muktamar PAS kali ke 56), should learn a thing or two about public relations. Some say, kalau tak tahu - tanya pada yang arif. Jangan berlagak bodoh sombong. Ingat perpatah lama "Kerana lumpur se-ekor, semuanya terpalit". Apakah ini yang dikatakan "Cerdik tak boleh diikut, bodoh tak boleh diajar?"

This person will be travelling to Kota Bharu this week end and would love to see how PAS secretariat will bar him from following the muktamar! Even then, if this person decided to attend the muktamar. Maybe, it is better to spend the weekend in Rantau Panjang and beyond...

It's not too late yet if PAS wishes to review their "Bloggers discouraged" attitude...



That's Gloria Estefan's rendition of Carole King's "It's too late"

Oh...by the way...for those who loved the song, here's the lyrics...

Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
One of us is changing
Or maybe we just stopped trying

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it

It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it

There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too
Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you

But it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it

The weekend is just nice for a teh tarik session in "New Castle". Any takers?

Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...