PKR will not reject hudud

KUALA TERENGGANU: PKR will not reject outright PAS’ plan to implement hudud law, said its de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
He also dismissed Karpal Singh’s remark that such legislation was unconstitutional, saying that the DAP chairman was making a general statement.
He said there was no need to reject the proposal as it was only applicable to Muslims.
What was needed, said Anwar, was an in depth discussion among Pakatan Rakyat partners on contentious issues which had resurfaced following a debate between PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa and Umno Youth deputy head Khairy Jamaluddin.
“Hudud is not something new. There is allocation for it in Islam. This is what PAS has been saying all along, that it is solely for the Muslims,” he told reporters after launching the PKR main operation room for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election yesterday.
According to Anwar, all opposition parties understood Islam and that its legislative aspects should not just be confined to Syariah family or civil law.
Describing himself as a practising Muslim, Anwar stressed there was no blanket answer on hudud and that he would not emulate what former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did, which was to oppose and reject outright hudud law when PAS first proposed it without fully understanding the issue.
He said detailed discussions on the issue could clear the air.
He also urged all dissenting voices to study the specific proposal and its provisions closely before opening their mouths.
Anwar also hit out at the media for attacking PAS over the hudud proposal and conveniently forgetting that it was the government that had declared Malaysia an Islamic nation.
“I do not understand why the media is harping on it. It is a non-issue in this by-election. The bigger issues are the policies of Barisan in contrast to what Pakatan is trying to do. That should be the focus,” he said.
He also said the alliance between the opposition parties was developing into a compact front despite the media’s reports on rifts in their pact over certain governance and political policies.
“We are not Barisan Nasional where supposedly Umno dictates and others just follow. We practice democracy,” said Anwar.

tunku : with the by election in terengganu coming closer, anwar came out with this statement that pkr will not reject hudud proposed by pas. what say dap? will they agree too and what about the non muslims in pkr ? i'm hope to see this moron be punished under hudud law for sodomizing...what it will be like?