Why let PAS control the political narrative?

COMMENT | I wrote recently that PAS has lost both its moral and political compass.

What it appears to have gained instead, is a surprisingly sharp instinct for political communication.

I also wrote recently that the first rule of political communication is ‘do not let your adversaries set the agenda’ and that the best defence is a good offence.

PAS appears to have taken this very much to heart.

At a point in time, in which they should be drowning in scandal, PAS has somehow managed to set the agenda and determine the narrative of political discourse in the country.

As someone who studies the art of political communication with great interest, I am very impressed by this accomplishment.

By way of a quick recap, the two scandals that should be dominating discourse around PAS was the manner in which they tucked tail and settled the lawsuit against Clare Rewcastle-Brown of Sarawak Report, who accused PAS of receiving RM90 million from Umno...