Penang PAS Muslimat backs ultimatum against DAP

(The Star) – A delegate has come into Penang PAS’ defence in issuing an ultimatum against the DAP-led state government for its alleged interference in the administration of Islamic affairs.

The Penang PAS Muslimat delegate, Rahmah Md Isa said the action initiated by PAS was needed to provide a “check and balance” in the Penang state administration.

“We (Penang PAS) only wanted to strengthen the spirit of cooperation in the Pakatan pact,” she said on Thursday, adding that having only a seat in Penang does not mean that the party was weak.

“Pas has a strong machinery at the grassroots level,” she said when debating a motion to adjourn the Muktamar.

She however downplayed the existing disagreement between PAS and DAP in Penang as nothing less than an argument between a brother and his younger sibling.

“However, sometimes, at one point, we have to be firm in our stand,” she said.

PAS had recently claimed that the Penang government had “unreasonable interfered” in Islamic affairs and in the appointments to state agencies and village development and security committees.

If the party was not given appropriate roles and positions in the state government, its Penang PAS deputy commissioner Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff said that they would pull out their representatives from state and municipal council posts.