Hadi brushes off Dr Hasan's "prime minister" statements

PETALING JAYA- PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has brushed aside Datuk Dr Hasan Ali's suggestion that he or spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat should become Pakatan Rakyat's prime minister of choice.
"What is important is that we must first win the general election.
"The question of who becomes prime minister is not important. What is important is that our country is safe. Everything is decided by Allah,” he said in his Facebook posting which was liked' by over 700 people.

Dr Hasan, the former Selangor PAS Commissioner, has been in hot soup recently for his slew of statements, including one in which he said Nik Aziz or Abdul Hadi should be the alliance's choice for prime minister as the country's top leader needed to be of “good moral standing”.
His statement was seen as an open defiance against Pakatan's decision to have PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the alliance's prime minister should they take over Putrajaya in the next general election.
Anwar had said that an interim prime minister would be appointed if he is jailed over the sodomy charges,
On Friday, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali called on the PAS top leadership to take action against Dr Hasan for his statements, stating that he was gone “overboard” and was no longer adhering to the principles and spirit of Pakatan.