Politicians should come together and opposed the amendment to Act 355
Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP)Pelawan Secretary, Michael Tiang and Milton Foo, youth Central Secretary called politicians from different sides to come together and opposed the amendment to Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 355 which will affect the fundamentals of the Federal Constitution.
Tiang pointed out that it is a time for everyone to stand together as Malaysian as this will affect Malaysia as a secular nation.
He said there are some who wants the Act 355 to be amended who claimed that the law has been in existence for many years and the amendment is just a heavier penalty.
He warned that through the amendment of the Act 355, the law will be on par or even surpass that with the Federation Criminal jurisdiction.
“We are always told that the law will not affect non-Muslim and that is a lie. It has already affected non-Muslim in the present situation and with Act 355 amended, any non-Muslim family who has a Muslim relative will be affected in a big way,” he said.
This will not only bring disaster to the Federal Constitutional but also affect everyone socially.
Foo said in Sarawak, there are only 31 members of Parliament out of the 222 MPs. He said the voice of Sarawak is weak compared to that of Peninsular Malaysia. He said Sarawak needs a stronger mandate in Parliament.
Islam, he added, is not an official religion in Sarawak. With the amendment going through, Foo said it will open up a floodgate of unpleasant things.
He also hit at the DAP for asking them to leave Barisan Nasional should the Act 355 be passed. Foo said they will stay in the coalition to fight the wrong system and there is no reason for them to back out when things are not going well.
Unlike the DAP, a party he said which make PAS stronger and now that PAS has wanted Act 355, the DAP decided to shy away from them and wash their hands off PAS.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang tabled the Hudud amendment Bill in 2016 in Parliament. The debate was deferred to the parliament sitting this month.
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