Just quit - Threat is deem as insulting Agong, Perkasa warns non-muslim Minister

Malay nationalist group Perkasa challenged the presidents of Barisan Nasional’s (BN) non-Muslim component parties to resign from the government immediately if they disagreed with the Shariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016.

Chairman of the non-government organisation’s Islamic affairs bureau Dr Amini Amir Abdullah warned, “Any threat to the Malaysian government on Islamic matters is an insult and disrespect to the sovereignty of the Yang Di-Pertua Agong as the head of Islam and the country’s paramount leader apart from misunderstanding the position of Islam as the religion of the federation”.

He singled out MCA’s Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, Gerakan’s Datuk Mah Siew Keong and MIC’s Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam, and denounced their resignation pledges as a “threat to the Malaysian government”.

“Perkasa welcomes anyone who doesn’t respect Muslim rights and Islam as the religion of the federation to resign from the government.

   

“Only those who respect the foundation of the Federal Constitution and the majority need be in government,” he said in a statement.

All three BN leaders expressed opposition to the Bill proposed by PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang that was sped up for tabling in the Dewan Rakyat last Thursday, insisting that is unconstitutional and volunteered their resignation from government if the proposed legislation is passed.

Liow is transport minister, Mah is minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and Dr Subramaniam is health minister.

Amini accused the trio of meddling with Islamic matters as none of them were Muslim, reiterating remarks by PAS and some Umno leaders who argued that the Bill only sought to enhance the Shariah Court’s powers to prescribe stiffer punishments on Islamic offences.

   

He also suggested that MCA and Gerakan were conspiring with federal opposition DAP to stop the Shariah Bill’s passage through Parliament, which he alleged to be for the benefit of Muslims.

 

“Perkasa hopes Datuk Seri Najib Razak will remain firm on the Shariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016,” he added.

The proposed amendment to the Shariah Courts Act, also known as Act 355, has split lawmakers on both sides along religious lines.

Despite the government’s move to expedite the Bill through the Dewan Rakyat, its proposer Hadi has asked to defer tabling the motion to the next parliamentary meeting in October.

Source -malaymail online-