SETIU, April 25 – PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said the party would not force the DAP, its partner in the opposition pact, to accept the implementation of hudud law. In his ceramah at Kampung Batu Rakit, near here last night, Abdul Hadi explained that there was a line in the Quran that conveyed the meaning that ‘there is no force in religion’.
“In the same context we are together, we unite. In a different situation, we don’t quarrel. A problem crops up for PAS in implementing hudud law, the DAP does not agree, but it too does not oppose.
“This is the difference that we must understand. If we can’t force in terms of religion, then more so in law we can’t force. This is the policy that we adopt,” he said.
Abdul Hadi said the non-Muslim community had now opened their eyes by accepting that it was an important condition that the country’s top leadership should be a Muslim.
He said that first of all, the party was targeting to win the 13th general election (GE13) together with its partners the PKR and DAP after which it would implement the PAS aspiration in stages.
“We want the pakatan rakyat to win first, let the people vote for us first. We want to fulfill the ‘orange book’ pledge of a welfare state which is also the objective of PAS.
“Don’t worry if the pakatan rakyat wins, the prime minister will (always) be a Muslim. If people are scared that I become PM, it’s alright, it’s also alright that I go (down) to the sea. I (can) become an elected representative to monitor the PM (prime minister) whether he is doing the right things or not,” said Abdul Hadi.
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