Hudud is PAS’s agenda, not Pakatan’s, says Mustafa
Mohd Farhan Darwis, TMI
Hudud is a PAS agenda and not Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) but the Islamist party will only implement the Islamic criminal law through democratic means when the coalition wins power, party secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali said today.
He said Umno has been using the Islamic law to trap PR component parties and show that there were differing views in the hope of wrecking the coalition.
“This is PAS’s agenda and not PR’s agenda. If PAS wants, we do it through the democratic process … not automatically,” Mustafa told a press conference at the PAS headquarters here.
“This is the reason Umno-BN is making this an issue. I plead to all PAS and DAP leaders to not continue disputing this issue in the media because it will enter into Umno’s and BN’s trap,” he said, adding that the discussion must stop as the issue had been resolved last September.
Mustafa said his party acknowledged the DAP has never accepted hudud and the issue shows up the glaring difference between the two PR parties, but stressed that they had more things in common.
“There are differences, that we admit. And I can give a guarantee that the hudud issue will not split PAS and the other PR members.
“As it is we are quite united and we are always frank… our focus is to fight Umno, fight BN,” he said.
