MIC president pledges to quit too, if Hudud implemented |
The health minister echoed his other non-Muslim Cabinet
colleagues, saying he would explore all options to push for the withdrawal of
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s private member’s Bill to amend the
Shariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 from being tabled in
Parliament.
The MIC chief had a brief discussion with his party Central Working Commitee today and was quoted, "if after all our attempts to correctly stop it fails and hudud is eventually
implemented, then I said I will relinquish my post as minister,” he told
reporters after his party’s extraordinary general meeting here.
Earlier, MCA deputy deputy president Wee Ka Siong also followed in the
footsteps of his BN colleagues to say he will resign from the cabinet should
the contentious 'Hudud Bill' be passed in Parliament.
"We have the duty and obligation to express our
strongest opposition to the bill. Hence, we will relinquish our ministerial positions
should the bill be passed in the Dewan Rakyat."
"This is not a threat but a responsible decision of MCA
leaders," said Wee, a minister in the Prime Minister's Department, in a
statement today.
His statement follows MCA president Liow Tiong Lai and
Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong's similar threat yesterday.
However Wee made no reference to Umno's role in
fast-tracking PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's Private Member's Bill last week,
that sparked the uproar.
On Thursday in Parliament Minister in the Prime Minister's
Department Azalina Othman Said proposed to move Hadi's bill up the queue on the
order paper, and was seconded by Deputy Works Minister Rosnah Abdul Rashid
Shirlin.
The bill had been skipped over in the past two parliamentary
sessions.
Prime Minister Najib Razak downplayed the bill as having
nothing to do with hudud implementation, but merely concerned amendments to
enhance punishment under syariah law, and had "nothing to do with
non-Muslims".
Source from malaymail online
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