‘Pakatan Harapan MPs powerless’

BERA: All decisions made by members of Parliament from Pakatan Harapan, even those who are Muslims, are fully controlled by DAP parliamentary head Lim Kit Siang, said Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Ismail Sabri said this became clear when the motion to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (RUU 355) was tabled recently, when DAP showed the public they will be in control of the government if Pakatan Harapan won in the coming general election.

“Everything is controlled by Lim. The public should be aware that if the Opposition controls the government, everything will be controlled by him and the rest will be his puppets.

“PKR and Amanah, who claim Islamic credentials, don’t seem to have any power in Pakatan because they continue to take orders from Lim,” Ismail Sabri said yesterday.

Opposition MPs had attempted to prevent the motion from being tabled in Parliament by raising several motions to Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

Ismail Sabri said Pakatan parties other than DAP do not have any real decision-making power although the issue involves Muslims.

He said they are mere “puppets” and for their political survival, they follow orders given by DAP when it comes to making decisions.

“The Muslims MPs in PKR, DAP, PAN, Bersatu and Warisan did not support the amendments although I believe in their hearts, they support the bill because they are Muslims.”

He said there is no reason for anyone, especially Muslim MPs to reject RUU 355 because the issue does not involve non-Muslims.

“If all Muslims MPs supported the amendments, it will not be a problem for the government to approve RUU 355 amendments and implement Syariah law,” Ismail Sabri said.