Three BN parties oppose Hadi's Bill, but PDP thinks differently

 By Cobbold John Lusoi

Recent news and statement with regards to Sarawak MPs to support the Hudud Bill tabled by PAS president Hadi Awang seems to have caused different perspectives and views within BN Sarawak.

PRS and SUPP had stated strong objections to the Bill but Progressive Democratic Party's (PDP) perspectives differs greatly.

 PDP expressed support for the Bill, and its stand was well received  by PAS.

 PKR Sarawak and DAP Sarawak also objected to the Bill.

 Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS Baru), too, is strongly against Hadi's Bill.

Unlike BN Sarawak, the oppositions parties in Sarawak, either from Sarawak or peninsula- based, had jointly voiced out their rejections.

PDP statement was quite a shocked to many Sarawakians, in general, especially to the Dayak communities, as many did not anticipate PDP to give its indirect support to the tabled by PAS.

It seems that PDP president Tiong King Sing's statement is not in line with the  instructions issued by Sarawak BN chairman and Chief Minister Adenan Satem for all MPs from the Sarawak BN not to vote for the Bill.

For the sake of all Sarawakians, in general, and especially for the Dayak communities, why the  PDP Mas  Gading MP Anthony Nogeh Gumbek and Baram MP Anyi Ngau did not even make their stand on this matter?

Does this mean that both of them agree to Tiong's statement? If they do,  then it is a great disappointment to the Dayaks in Mas Gading and  Baram.

 Everybody has high hopes that every single political party, regardless of whether it is an opposition or BN Sarawak, to reject the idea of any move to implement Hudud Law in Sarawak.

In another point of view, it is not supposed to be a surprising statement which PDP has made on Hudud Bill. Even being instructed to "Not Support" the Bill, the chances of a "u-turn" has also proven to be possible as well.

The good example of it can be seen in a recent decision made by Sarawak CM by changing his decision to not table out the for MA63 but pursuing  the matter in a  "diplomatic" way instead.

We do hope that the Sarawak BN does not change its mind from opposing Hadi's Bill to supporting it in Parliament later, now that the federal government has decided to take over the Bill from PAS.

Sarawak BN must make its firm stand whether the Bill will be taken over by the federal government or remain with PAS.

PBDS Baru opposes the implementation of Hudud Law in Malaysia because it breaches the Malaysia Agreement, the Inter-Governmental Committee Report and the Federal Constitution.

It will lead to Malaysia becoming an Islamic state.

The three important documents specifically mentioned that Malaysia must remain a secular, not an Islamic state.

In Sarawak, Christians are the majority and yet they do not impose their superiority over other religious beliefs.

We must recall that when Hadi was the Menteri Besar of Trengganu, he tabled a Hudud Law and he said that the Trengganu Hudud Law would eventually cover non-Muslims when "they are ready".

This is the sort of thing that we do not want to happen in  a multi-racial and multi-religious Malaysia.- December 4, 2016,