‘DAP has failed to kill Bill’
MCA slams opposition party for condoning PAS’ hudud agenda
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA has slammed DAP for allowing its ally PAS to go ahead with the hudud Private Member's Bill which appeared in the Parliamentary order sheet.
MCA president Liow Tiong Lai called out DAP specifically because the party had earlier said that it will block PAS’ attempt to implement the Syariah criminal code in Kelantan.
“The move by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has shown that DAP has failed in stopping PAS from presenting the hudud law and has allowed a Private Member’s Bill regarding hudud to be included in Parliament,” Liow told reporters at a press conference in Parliament lobby yesterday.
“DAP has always said that they will ensure that PAS will not move forward with their intentions without the consensus of all three Pakatan Rakyat components. However, looking at the hudud Bill, it is clear that their words are false and has shown that Pakatan is not united,” said Liow.
“It also shows that DAP has ignored the spirit of the Federal Constitution. We know that the presentation of an Act that attempts to implement a law that is not in line with the Constitution should not happen but in this issue, we know that PAS has remained defiant and has gone forward with its efforts to implement hudud in Malaysia.
“We wish to remind DAP that it had promised the public that it would stop PAS from implementing hudud in the country but what is shown in the Parliamentary order paper and the Bill presented in Parliament shows something else," he said.
"DAP continues to deceive the people in this country and plays politics with hudud law," said Liow, while assuring the public that MCA will not support the implementation of hudud and will uphold the rights conferred by the Constitution.
“Barisan Nasional has always upheld the spirit of the constitution and MCA as a component party will defend that spirit," he said.
He called for all 37 DAP MPs to apologise for allowing PAS to move forward with their hudud push.
In a press conference earlier in the day, Lim Kit Siang (DAP - Gelang Patah) expressed his shock and dismay that PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had gone ahead with plans to table a Private Member's Bil to pave the way for the implementation of hudud in Kelantan.
"Hadi had promised on Feb 8 at the Pakatan leadership council that any motion on hudud will first be presented to the council. Today, April 7, is the first time we, and anyone in DAP, are seeing the Private Member's Bill. This is a breach of promise. Hadi has broken his word and I'm very shocked that this can happen. This shows that Hadi's word is not his bond," the Gelang Patah MP said.