KUALA LUMPUR -- PAS election candidates must pledge the 'bai'ah (oath of allegiance) to the party which is higher than a loyalty pledge, said its president, Abdul Hadi Awang.
He said this would ensure that PAS candidates would not stray from the Islamic principles, ways and objectives.
"Anyone who goes against 'bai'ah' will be wretched in this world and hereafter," he said in a statement on Tuesday.
On claims that PAS has digressed from its struggle to set up an Islamic country by advocating a welfare state, he said, "PAS abides by its constitution by curbing anything that deviates from Islam."
