Johor will fall if PAS remains loyal
“PAS contested in the most number of seats in Johor among the PR parties.”
(Free Malaysia Today) – Voters in Skudai, Nusajaya, Pengkalan Rinting, Johor Jaya and Stulang, five state seats in Johor which DAP elder statesman Lim Kit Siang visited in the last three days, have given him a clear message: they would not vote for Pakatan Rakyat come 2018, in the 14th GE, if PAS reneges on the PR Common Policy Framework (CPF) and unilaterally pushes for hudud implementation.
If PAS was not prepared to reaffirm its commitment to the CPF and stop unilaterally pushing for hudud implementation which is both against the CPF and the PR principle of consensus in the highest PR decision-making process, cautioned Lim, “then there is no way to regain public confidence and trust in PR, let alone increase further popular support as compared to the 13th General Election so as to form the Federal Government in Putrajaya and in Johor”.
“Non-Malay voters in Johor are already feeling betrayed by the insistence of PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang to push forward the hudud agenda, including proposing his own private member’s bill to legalise hudud,” said Lim who is also DAP Parliamentary Leader and Gelang Patah MP. “Indeed, by pushing forward this agenda, Hadi is putting in danger the four state seats which PAS currently holds, all of which have in excess of 40 per cent of non-Malay voters.”
“There are many more pressing issues in the country and in Johor which need urgent attention rather than the distractions of hudud.”
The opportunities to break new electoral frontiers are still there, Lim hastened to add, provided all the three allies in the Pakatan Rakyat reaffirm their commitment to the CPF and do not break their promises by unilaterally pushing for hudud implementation.
