PAS to pursue hudud whether Ikatan likes it or not
(MMO) – PAS will continue to pursue its goal to implement hudud with or without the approval of its new ally, Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (Ikatan), once Parliament approved its motion on the matter.
PAS’s Ulama Council chief, Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamad, said the implementation of hudud laws had always been the party’s ideology and dogma since its formation and it would never drop the plan.
“As far as PAS is concerned, the basis of our reference and struggle is the same and never changes and if the motion in parliament succeeds, we will proceed to enforce it,” he said.
Mahfodz was commenting on Ikatan’s vice-president Datuk Tony Looi statement that he would leave Ikatan if PAS continued to pursue the implementation of hudud laws as Ikatan had stated its stand not to support hudud.
Ikatan president Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, on the other hand, had said the party was always aware of PAS’s struggle and did not reject the implementation of hudud.
Mahfodz said what Looi had expressed was his personal view and would not affect the political understanding between the two parties.
PAS deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said he was optimistic hudud championed by his party could be enforced and that Ikatan would be receptive to it.
