KENINGAU, April 24 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak describes PAS as being naive to believe that the DAP will receive the implementation of the hudud law just because of the party’s willingness to use the moon symbol in the 13th general election (GE13).
The Prime Minister said that PAS, which was championing for the hudud law, should not place any hope on the pact to implement the law because it was not included in the manifesto of the opposition pact.
“The PAS hudud law is not acceptable to everyone. We are not saying we are against it, but the time is not right under certain circumstances to implement it and there are still many issues that must be tackled. But when the election comes, the hudud law is still raised where it is merely an election gimmick,” he told a press conference, here today.
He is here to attend a gathering with the people which was among the programmes during his two-day visit to Sabah beginning yesterday. Najib, who is also the Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, said the matter was not just a question of the logo alone but also the PAS stand and ideology, which appeared to be unacceptable to the DAP.
In this regard, he said the DAP must give a response and clarify its stand concerning the implementation of the hudud law so that the rakyat would not be confused. Commenting on the statement by Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim who conceded that many problems had yet to be settled in the state, Najib said the five-year term was a long time for a leader to administer and resolve the problems of the people in the state.
“Five years is a long time because if we plan, the first year is the planning stage, the second year is the implementation period and the third and fourth years we can see the outcome,” he said.
Najib, who is also the Selangor BN chairman, said the BN government succeeded in implementing its national transformation agenda by showing its outcome in the fourth year.
“That’s why we were not afraid to table the government’s report card for the people to judge the BN.
“After five years, Khalid should table his report card instead of asking for (a mandate of) another five years,” he said cynically.
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