SIK – Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has once again been entrusted to lead the Sik Pas division as Yang Dipertua for the 2025–2027 term.
The Jeneri assemblyman retained the position for the sixth consecutive term since 2015 after winning unopposed.
This year’s election also saw all key positions, including members of the division committee, returned unopposed during the 41st Annual General Meeting held on Saturday.
Sanusi, who also served as Pas election director, will continue to head the division’s leadership alongside a largely unchanged lineup of key committee members and party wings in Sik.
Sik MP Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman remained as Deputy Yang Dipertua, while Belantek assemblyman Ahmad Sulaiman retained his post as Vice Yang Dipertua. Badrul Hisham Abdul Rahman continued as Secretary (by appointment) and Ailmi Zakarya remained as Treasurer.
Other retained posts included Mohd Rizal Zainon as Information head and Yusop Taib as elections director. For the party’s wings, Harun Haya led the Dewan Ulamak, Mohd Shahiful Mohd Nasir continued as Pas youth chief and Norhashimah Abd Rahman remained Muslimat (Women’s) Wing head.
When contacted, Sanusi said following the division’s election, the primary focus would be strengthening the party’s operations at all levels in preparation for the next General Election (GE).
"One of the main focuses for Sik Pas is to streamline the election machinery and expand grassroots engagement strategies.
"We’ve achieved a clean sweep of 3-0 in both GE14 and the recent state elections with significantly increased majorities. We intend to maintain this momentum," he said.
In GE14 (2018), Pas won the Sik parliamentary seat with a majority of 3,195 votes. This figure surged in GE15 (2022), where the party secured a majority of 16,588 votes, more than triple the previous margin reflecting a notable increase in public support.
Ahmad Tarmizi won the Sik parliamentary seat with 22,294 votes in GE14 and increased that to 32,949 votes in GE15.
During the 2023 Kedah state election, Pas also successfully defended the Jeneri and Belantek state seats with larger majorities than in previous contests.
In Jeneri, Sanusi defeated Umno Sik division chief Datuk Muhamad Khizri Abu Kassim with a 16,050-vote majority, securing 21,823 votes to Khizri 5,773. In Belantek, Ahmad Sulaiman won with 17,782 votes, beating Mazli Saipi (3,626 votes) by a majority of 14,156.
Sanusi stressed that the momentum achieved across all three areas must be further strengthened and warned against complacency despite previous victories.
"The appointment of this new committee is expected to reinforce the organisational structure at the division level and intensify our efforts in community outreach and welfare programmes, in line with the party’s aspirations at both the state and national level," he added.