BERITA SEMASA PAS told to leave Pakatan GEORGE TOWN: PAS should stick to its principles and leave Pakatan Rakyat if the opposition pact can’t reach a consensus on the proposal to enact hudud laws for Kelantan. Former DAP vice president Zulkifli Mohd Noor said the time has come for PAS to understate its political principles and objectives instead of hiding behind the Pakatan Rakyat curtain. “On one hand, some quarters in PAS, particularly within the Kelantan leadership circle, are insisting for hudud. On the another, a different set of PAS leaders want to avoid the issue, preferring to allow a heated debate to ensue. “In the midst of it, PKR is keeping quiet, preferring to dabble in half-baked statements while DAP has sternly opposed hudud, citing secularism as the true form of the country’s constitution. In politics, there is a need to have principles. “It is unfair to the people if political parties profess to keep things hazy. The nation needs to know what Pakatan Rakyat is all about,” said Zulkifli. He said if PAS were to stay with Pakatan Rakyat, then the Islamist party should find a way out of the hudud maze. Opposition parties comprising — PAS, DAP, PKR and PSM — formed Barisan Alternatif in 1998. In 2011, DAP decided to pull out of the coalition on grounds that it association with PAS was causing a decline in support for the DAP. Now, its PAS’ turn to make a decision, Zulkifli said.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 10:56:40 +0000