DAP's 'naughtiness' strengthened PAS to pursue Act 355 amendments

DAP's "naughtiness" has strengthened PAS enough for them to push for their proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355), said MIC treasurer-general S Vell Paari.

"Due to PAS' success in the last general election by virtue of being supported by DAP, PAS is now a major component to the Selangor state government and also still a member of the opposition bloc in this country.

"This strength has allowed PAS to submit their amendment to Act 355 with respect to the syariah courts," Vell Paari said in a statement today.

He claimed that DAP only supported PAS in the last election due to DAP leaders Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng's "hunger for power" and eagerness to topple the BN government.

DAP's support for PAS then had "misled" the rakyat and opposition supporters into believing that PAS will not push for their hudud agenda, he said.

However, even after PAS submitted their amendments for Act 355, they have yet to be sacked from the Selangor state government, he said.

"This proves that DAP is a hypocrite where in public they talk about opposing the amendment of Act 355 but at the same time work together with PAS in the Selangor state government," he said.

It would be simple for DAP to prove their commitment against Act 355 if they quit the Selangor government, he said, but they did not do so.

"Why is DAP still working with PAS but at the same time asking BN leaders to quit due to the tabling of Act 355 amendment?

"It is not BN that is working with PAS in any state government but DAP is in a relationship with PAS," he said.

Now, Kit Siang is even asking BN component leaders to resign, he said, which does not make sense because PAS does not have any working relationship with PAS in any state government in Malaysia.

"BN leaders, up until today, have made clear our stand, and we do not have any party level working relationship with PAS in any state government in this country," he said.

He also pointed out that Kit Siang has yet to respond to his calls for Guan Eng to take leave over his two corruption cases in Penang.

"Until today, Kit Siang has kept an elegant silence on this matter and does not have the courage to reprimand his son for the crimes he has done," he said.- Mkini