HOW HYPOCRITICAL! MCA tells DAP to control PAS but SILENT on Umno & Dr M support for hudud

DAP Parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang need not repeat the familiar phrase that DAP is against having PAS hudud law in Malaysia as they are merely said for self-gratification.

If he really is sincere in settling DAP’s differences with PAS over hudud, the solution is simple; he and DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng must use their influence to urge other Pakatan leaders to issue a joint statement saying that PAS has abandoned its theocratic state and hudud law agenda, and the amendment of the PAS party constitution to fit this joint statement.

Although Kit Siang has issued statements saying that PAS hudud law is not part of Pakatan’s common policy, yet we still see the enforcement of certain Islamic policies such as the ban on the sale of lottery tickets and the separation of men and women in cinemas in Kelantan, as well as the demolition of the pig abbatoir and the implementation of the 50% Bumi housing quota policy in Kedah.

Are all these part of Pakatan’s common policy? If it is not, then why is DAP keeping silent and stepping aside quietly to allow PAS to implement these policies uninhibited?

Agree to disagree - anything wrong with that?

Kelantan Menteri Besar Dato’ Nik Abdul Aziz has repeatedly said that PAS seeks to fulfill its ultimate ambition of establishing a theocratic state and implementing hudud law, and not matter how many times DAP opposes them, this stand will not change. PKR de facto leader Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim has also implied his agreement towards having hudud law.

Thus it is painfully obvious that DAP voices its opposition towards hudud and claiming that having PAS hudud law is not part of Pakatan’s common policy, in reality they are subservient to PAS.

Besides that, PAS has also repeatedly said that they will not change their ambition simply because DAP opposes it. Thus to cover up this infighting, all DAP can do is to say that Pakatan parties have “agreed to disagree”

Loh Seng Kok is a Member of MCA Central Committee & Presidential Council