No issue with Raya open house in PAS-controlled states, says Anwar

 

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim after Friday prayers at the As-Salam mosque in Sri Manja, Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says there is no issue having open houses in PAS-led states during Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

“There are a lot of states, all will have open houses, including Selangor,” Anwar told reporters after Friday prayers at the As-Salam mosque in Sri Manja here.

Earlier today, PAS Youth chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari sarcastically thanked the government, which will hold Aidilfitri open houses in the PAS-controlled states of Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.

In a Facebook post, Ahmad said this was because elections will be held in the states soon.

Yesterday, the Prime Minister’s Department (JPM) announced that the annual Aidilfitri open house will not be held at the prime minister’s official residence in Putrajaya for the first time.

The open house in Kedah will be held at Hotel Raia in Alor Setar from 10am to 2pm on April 29; the Kelantan open house at the grounds of Stadium Sultan Muhammad IV from 7pm to 10.30pm on May 12; and the Terengganu open house at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin’s (UniSZA) Dewan Al-Muktafi Billah Shah from 7pm to 10.30pm on May 13. - FMT