Cooperation yes, but no hudud law

Cooperation yes, but no hudud law

Posted by kasee
Monday, 17 March 2008, MT
Kong See Hoh

PETALING JAYA (March 17, 2008): DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang has accepted a PAS proposal to cooperate but made it clear the party will not accept the Islamic state professed by PAS and the implementation of hudud law, Sin Chew Daily reported today.

He said DAP is reassessing the proposal and considering renewing its cooperation with PAS, in accordance with the wishes of the people.

However, there is one condition - no Islamic state and no hudud law.

He said the results of the general election reflected the wishes of the people for the two party to cooperate, hence DAP would look at the model of cooperation with PAS.

“This model of cooperation with PAS is not confined to the (forming of) state governments of Selangor and Perak,” Lim told the daily in an interview.

“The people have conveyed their wishes for change, (they) hope to see a new government which is above political party and religion. As such, irrespective of the candidates fielded (by the Opposition), the voters will give their support, to hand the Opposition a victory. This showed the hope the people has in the Opposition.”

Lim said DAP had nothing to do with PAS before the general election, but after March 8, DAP was faced with the political reality of having to forge cooperation with PAS lest the Opposition will not be able to form state governments.

He said now DAP can consider the model of cooperation with PAS but one thing remains unchanged - DAP’s stand against the Islamic state ideology, the implementation of hudud law and any Islamisation policy.

He said DAP would not let the people down in striving for a fair, democratic and just society because the people has asked for change through the ballot box.
But if DAP, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and PAS cannot cooperate, then nothing will change, he said. - THE SUN