The Pakatan Rakyat Leadership Council today reaffirmed unswerving commitment to common policy agreements reached by the three component parties, namely PKR, PAS and DAP, whether before or after the 13th General Elections, in the PR Common Policy Framework of December 19, 2009, Buku Jingga of 20th December 2010 and the Joint PR Leadership Statement of 28th September 2011.
As stated in PR Common Policy Framework unanimously adopted at the First Pakatan Rakyat Convention in Shah Alam in December 2009, Pakatan Rakyat is committed to uphold the spirit and provisions of the Federal Constitution, in particular, to
1. Defend the Federal Constitution, Islam as the religion of the Federation while other religions can be practiced peacefully anywhere in the country and protecting the special position of the Malays and the indigenous peoples anywhere including Sabah and Sarawak, and the legitimate interests of other races in accordance to Article 153.
2. Defend the role and responsibility of the institution of Constitutional Monarchy.
3. Uphold the use of Bahasa Melayu in accordance to Article 152 of the Constitution and promote Bahasa Melayu as the regional lingua franca, while protecting and strengthening the use of mother tongue languages for all races.
4. Abolish the Internal Security Act and other laws that allow for detention without trial while simultaneously propose that all existing emergency declarations are rescinded.
5. Abolish or amend all other oppressive laws and regulations that are repressive and contravene fundamental rights.
6. Guarantee the spirit of Federalism and a just relationship between the Federation and states especially Sabah and Sarawak.
The PR Leadership Council today also reaffirmed the principle that there must be consensus among the three PR component parties before there could be any change in any agreed PR policy.
Hukum Hudud is not part of the PR Common Policy Framework as DAP is of the view that it is unconstitutional to implement it. However, DAP respects PAS views on the subject.
The statement by Dewan Ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib that hudud implementation and Federal Constitution amendment would be PAS’ priorities even if it meant changing its current partners in the Pakatan Rakyat was also raised at the Pakatan Rakyat Leadership Council meeting this morning.
PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and other PAS leaders assured the PR Leadership Council that the PAS leadership repudiated Harun’s view as it does not represent PAS position but was only Harun’s own personal view.
#1 by drngsc on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 5:04 pm
To PR in general and DAP in particular,
PLEASE AVOID OPEN INTERNAL CONFLICT TILL THE GE13. PLEASE MAJOR IN THE MAJOR ( winning GE 13 ) and minor in the minors ( city council problems, hudud or no hudud, who to contest in which seat, etc ). THERE ARE MANY OF US WORKING VERY HARD TO CHANGE THE TENANT AT PUTRAJAYA, IF POSSIBLE BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. IT DOES NOT HELP US IF PR / DAP FIGHT AMONGST THEMSELVES OVER RELATIVELY TRIVIAL ISSUES. LET US STAY UNITED AND HAVE ONE AIM, WINNING GE13. IT IS COMING SOON. DO NOT FIGHT AMONGST YOURSELVES.
We must change the tenant at Putrajaya. Ge 13, will be the mother of all elections, and it is coming soon, maybe 9th June. Lets us stay united, work very very hard. Get all to register and all to vote.
Change we must. Change we can, Change we will.
#2 by monsterball on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 5:21 pm
Good avoid talking Hudud or any religious laws.
Remember…China used to chop heads and Britain hang.
Britain was chopping heads too.
Considered blood thirsty…they stropped.
Both are the same depending which country and time you are living.
Time marches on…and China no more chopping heads.
If you think carefully…chopping heads suffer less…instant death while hanging do make the person suffer more.
PAS will never govern the whole country and let them do what are best for wherever they govern,
PAS have not selfish ulterior motives.
Glad Hudud is left aside.
It will only benefit UMNO b if Karpal and Hadi are loggerheads on this……on and on.
#3 by Winston on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 5:27 pm
Yes, circumstances have never been more favourable than now.
Especially with the tsunami tide of Malays turning against UMNO for cheating them for five over decades.
That’s why this party has become more and more phobic about PR personalities!
Just the mention of almost all the top brass in PR can give them the jitters!!
That’s why the display of childish behaviour we witnessed recently. Against one after another of the opposition figures!
Even non-political figures also give them the shakes!
So, from now onwards there should be no more talk of asking UMNO/BN to change anything because any change can be reversed after the GE.
Also, remember, a leopard will never, ever change its spots.
Just let everyone knows that they must have a singular and steely purpose to dispose of UMNO/BN regardless!!
#4 by monsterball on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 5:27 pm
Police used to make gangsters as crippled and still doing.
We all know that and no one complaint.
Come cutting hands for thieves..all shout like hell.
During Japanese time…no one dares to steal anything.
Caught…hands are chopped off.
Is that a good law….ofcourse not in Space Age era.
But if PAS thinks Kelantan needs Hudud to make the State safe for all…let them do it.
It’s the good results we want.
I hope Karpal stop arguing on Hudud laws.
#5 by yhsiew on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 5:31 pm
///The PR Leadership Council today also reaffirmed the principle that there must be consensus among the three PR component parties before there could be any change in any agreed PR policy.///
Unlike the BN coalition where the strongest party bullies the weaker parties, PR is a true political coalition in which every party has a say in decision making.
#6 by Bigjoe on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 5:49 pm
Even if PAS gets the most seat and PR into power in Putrajaya , they would be the biggest idiocy to decide immediately after to dump its PR partner merge with UMNO just for Hudud. It would be the surest way for PAS to self-destruct very quickly..The fact of the matter is Sarawak and Sabah will never put up with it and in the long term giving Sarawak & Sabah their due rights will be the surest way of keeping Hudud at bay for any forseeble future.
But the fact of the matter is the immediate problem for PR is that there are significant people in PAS feel the need for political expediency of the Hudud issue. Its a reflection of the pressure PAS is feeling. It would be a big mistake to underestimate this pressure.
PR is already struggling with fragmentation of its political umbrella to against UMNO-Perkasa/BN what with Hindraf and Sabah, a significant segment of PAS really is just irresponsble to the opposition coalition. And that is just it – its really a infection of UMNO brand of irresponsible politicking.
#7 by vsp on Monday, 14 May 2012 - 11:11 pm
Hudud has never totally worked in Islamic countries. Take Pakistan, for example. Pakistan has the most extreme form of Islamic laws, yet the country is as corrupt as Sodom and Gomorrah. Hudud is good for the ruling class and bad for the ruled. Hudud puts more power into the hands of the elites.
Hudud is a law from a distant past, where stealing is recognize as taking the form of physically taking away someone’s possession. To sentence the culprit, it would take 3 witnesses to complete the process. In the present age, stealing is more sophisticated than physical dispossession. White collar crime is a crime where the sophisticated and educated thief does not have to physically hurt the victim; it only takes the click of a few keys on the computer or the doctoring of some document with some collusion for millions or billions to be siphoned off.
Hudud has no answer for white collar crime. I have never heard or seen any white-collar criminals in Pakistan who stole millions having their hands chopped off. But I have heard of some hungry, poor unemployed people having their hands chopped off because they lifted some items from an emporium shelves. Is that what we want for society?
#8 by boh-liao on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - 2:34 am
NO worries – these days MCA has no achievements 2 talk abt but has chosen 2 b DAP’s KEEPER, always reminding DAP 2 declare dis or dat
MCA members hv become DAP’s affiliates
#9 by Bigjoe on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - 8:29 am
It looks like this issue has been tempararily overtaken by Tunku Aziz resignation.
It boggles my mind the reason given, in a nutshell, is HIS definition of civil disobedience. With due respect to Tunku, if he disagreed with Bersih on DBKL, his action to DAP is much worst. What Bersih 3.0 did is very much the norm of civil disobedience, his action to DAP is NOT.
While it sets back significantly DAP challenge to change perspective among the Malays, its by no means DAP fault, just unencouraging reality. sad to say, making us all poorer for it.
#10 by Jeffrey on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - 8:34 am
///The statement by Dewan Ulama chief Datuk Harun Taib that hudud implementation and Federal Constitution amendment would be PAS’ priorities even if it meant changing its current partners in the Pakatan Rakyat was also raised at the Pakatan Rakyat Leadership Council meeting this morning. PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and other PAS leaders assured the PR Leadership Council that the PAS leadership repudiated Harun’s views as it does not represent PAS position but was only Harun’s own personal view.///.
Which part of Harun’s view does not represent PAS position and is repudiated by its leadership – the part that Hudud’s implementation is unconstitutional or the part that its implementation will be prioritized “even if it meant changing its current partners in the Pakatan Rakyat”?
///Hukum Hudud is not part of the PR Common Policy Framework as DAP is of the view that it is unconstitutional to implement it. However, DAP respects PAS views on the subject./// We know DAP’s & PAS’s diametrical opposed positionson Hudud but what about PKR? Does PKR like DAP is of the view that it is unconstitutional to implement hudud? If so I have not heard it. This is how deep hudud represents an unbridgeable schism/divide within PR’s ranks.
#11 by Winston on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 - 9:02 am
#7 by vsp, you’re right!
Even in a supposedly very strict Muslim country like Saudi Arabia, if you know what’s happening behind the high walls of the ruling elite, it’ll curl your hair!!!
It’s the same everywhere, including here.
Don’t we have occasional glimpses of such happenings?