Why are MCA, Gerakan still in BN when Umno is using hudud in Terengganu?

If MCA and Gerakan do not wish to be regarded as mere gasbags, they must leave BN now as they have promised to, if coalition boss Umno implemented a Syariah Penal Code consisting of Islamic hudud laws under the BN ruled states.

According to PAS vice president Mahfuz Omar, hudud laws were gazetted in Terengganu by the BN when it took over the state government following the 2004 general election.

The PAS state government under the then Mentri Besar Hadi Awang had only reached the stage where hudud was passed at the state assembly before his administration was booted out.

"If MCA and Gerakan do not deliver what they preach, clearly both parties are just lying to the Chinese community who are their main voters. No wonder, their support is slipping becaue they telling one lie after another," Mahfuz told Malaysia Chronicle.

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The Terengganu Syariah Penal Code was enacted by PAS and was passed by the state assembly. It was gazetted into law by the BN and has been continuously used in Terengganu, even now.

Mahfuz, who is also the MP for Pokok Sena, warned MCA and Gerakan not to wriggle out from their public statements. He pointed out that when the Bill was debated in the assembly, Umno representatives had also voted in its favor.

"For the proposal to pass, it had to be supported by the members of the Terengganu state assembly including the assemblymen from Umno. In fact, if members from UMNO didn't support it, the proposal would not have passed," said Mahfuz.

"So what are Chua Soi Lek and Koh Tsu Koon waiting for. MCA and Gerakan must leave BN to show their commitment to their own challenge, and not just play political games."

Last week, MCA president Soi Lek rushed to attack the PAS push for Islamic hudud law.

“MCA’s stand is very clear. We will object strongly to hudud. If Umno wants to implement hudud, we will pull MCA out of Barisan Nasional - simple as that. Our stand is very clear. Umno wants to implement hudud, MCA is no party to it, we’ll get out of it," Soi Lek told reporters.

Malaysia Chronicle