Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email PAS must be careful and not treat other states like it does in Kelantan. Perak and Kedah have substantial amount of Chinese and Indians. Plus, PAS will be ruling with support of other parties, and not on its own merit. By making statements without any consultation, it is asking for trouble.
Making things tougher in Langkawi will certainly drive away the tourists. May attract more tourists from gulf countries and indian sub-continent.
Hadi issues warning
KOTA BARU: PAS will ban any entertainment deemed by the Islamist party to be negative in states it rules. Party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said if the entertainment was deemed to have negative elements, then it should be banned.
Asked about outlets serving and selling liquor, such as the duty-free port in Langkawi, Abdul Hadi said the party would study what was allowed by all religions. “What is banned by all religions, we will follow likewise,” he said after chairing the party’s management steering committee meeting here.
PAS, which retained Kelantan and won Kedah, will also head the state government in Perak although the party won only six seats in the state while DAP won 18 and PKR, seven.
Abdul Hadi confirmed that PAS would help form the state government in Selangor, where it won eight seats. PKR won 15 seats and DAP 13. The party also won one seat in Penang, where DAP and PKR garnered 19 and nine seats respectively.
Among the initial policies it would undertake included proposing for two non-Muslims to be part of the Kedah state exco line-up as gratitude to the support given by the non-bumiputra communities.
“Freedom of religion will be allowed,” he said, adding that the hudud criminal procedure code for Muslim could be implemented if it was in line with the state constitutions.
Abdul Hadi also said that PAS would review all the proposed corridor development projects announced earlier by the Federal Government.
On the secret of the Opposition’s historic capture of four states besides PAS successfully defending Kelantan, Abdul Hadi said the party received support from many voters in urban areas, adding that support for the Opposition was based on the information flow generated from the Internet.
