What a stupid idea, academic says of songkok rule

USM's Ghouse accuses PAS of placing form above substance. FMTNews PAS

Kelantan’s 5,000 male civil servants must now wear the songkok to work every Thursday, according to an immediately effective directive.

Mohamed Ghouse Nasuruddin, an emeritus professor of performing arts at Universiti Sains Malaysia, said the PAS-helmed government should be paying attention to the economic development of the state instead of issuing directives that “make no sense”. He described the songkok ruling as “stupid” and a distraction from the “more important” work of boosting economic productivity.He noted that PAS was normally associated with the skullcap instead of the songkok and said it appeared that the party was now trying to identify with Umno, whose members wear the songkok at formal party gatherings.Umno and PAS signed a charter of political cooperation last September.

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