Why would someone from a party that supposedly opposes hudud do such a thing?
DAP Damansara Utama assemblywoman Yeo Bee Yin then questioned if MCA would be able to stand up to Umno on the issue of hudud in the recent motion submitted by Umno Sungai Air Tawar assemblyman Kamarol Zaki Abdul Malik for debate in the coming state assembly sitting. (http://tinyurl.com/n4j9lkz)
Why would a representative from a party that supposedly opposes hudud APPROVE a motion to discuss hudud and then allow other members to talk down to MCA?
MCA has since demanded that Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak punish the Selangor representatives who submitted the motion and demand that it be withdrawn. (http://tinyurl.com/knndssb)
Today, DAP’s Tony Pua asked today if MCA was admitting to be nothing but a voiceless “flower vase” in Barisan Nasional (BN) when its leaders called on the DAP to trash the hudud motion even though it was tabled by its own allies in Umno. ( http://tinyurl.com/q4kau9f)
Why are DAP members picking on MCA regarding hudud when its Speaker herself allowed the motion for the debate?
Why didn't DAP members themselves speak up in tandem with their supposed stand on hudud?
PJ Utara MP Tony Pua has come forward in defence of Selangor State Assembly Speaker Hannah Yeoh saying motions from all representatives would be heard in a proper democracy. (http://tinyurl.com/k9svl6v)
If that be the case, why did Tony Pua refer to MCA as a flower vase in BN if he believes in 'proper' democracy?
This afternoon, The Star said: Selangor Barisan Nasional has withdrawn a motion to debate the possibility of implementing hudud law in the state. (http://tinyurl.com/nja2aoq)
Lo and behold, what happened?
The Selangor Speaker has put Barisan Nasional (BN) on notice, telling the coalition to stop playing political games with the state assembly after Selangor Umno withdrew a motion on hudud.
Hannah Yeoh, who received a lot of flak over her decision to table the motion, said she felt the move was a political stunt.
“The State Assembly is not a place for any member to play political games. I view this move by the assemblyman from Umno as a blatant political stunt.
“If an assemblyman is not ready or prepared to debate or stand by his motion, he should never have wasted the state assembly’s time by tabling it in the first place,” she said.
Yeoh said that every assemblyperson had an inherent duty to uphold the integrity and preserve the sanctity of the state assembly by not treating it carelessly and haphazardly.
“No reason was provided for his decision to withdraw the motion. A member may, by notice in writing to the Clerk, withdraw any notice of motion previously given by him, as per Standing Order 29 (1). (http://tinyurl.com/kzuxdv2)
If she has such strong feelings about the motion, why did she approve it in the first place??????
Democracy?
Lawyer Tommy Thomas yesterday said he was shocked that she allowed the debate as it was unconstitutional, arguing that state assemblies have no business discussing a criminal issue outside their legislative competence.
Thomas said hudud is a revolutionary concept that should be nipped in the bud, instead of encouraged.
BN component party MCA also joined the fray and urged Yeoh to reject the motion, with its state deputy chairman Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai saying the debate on hudud is not important and a discussion on the possibility of implementing it in Selangor is a waste of time.
And now the latest news:
MCA today claimed “victory” over Selangor Umno’s withdrawal of a motion to debate on hudud in the state assembly sitting scheduled to reconvene on Monday.
“With the withdrawal of the motion which was straightforward, MCA has proven its mettle in functioning as a gatekeeper to ensure the spirit of Barisan Nasional (BN),” MCA deputy president Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said.
“Similarly, we hope DAP in Pakatan will play a more prominent gatekeeper’s function on hudud law issues to prove that DAP has some form of power within and outside Pakatan.”
Wee said, however, DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang’s move in rushing to Kelantan to clarify that DAP did not blame PAS nor hudud for the defeat of the party’s candidate Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud at the Teluk Intan by-election, showed that DAP was so powerless that it was unable to defend its own words and position.
“In the same vein, I urge DAP to play a bigger role within the Pakatan coalition, ie, DAP must curb PAS from its plan to table a Private Member’s Bill during the September session of the Dewan Rakyat to formally implement hudud in Kelantan,” Wee said in a statement today.
Wee added although Selangor Umno’s motion only required a debate on the study on the probability of implementing hudud law, Pakatan leaders had deliberately distorted the motion likening it to an intention to implement, which Wee said was not the case.
“Pakatan leaders had deliberately twisted the truth while Selangor Umno had no desire to implement hudud law.”
He added DAP which held the largest Opposition bloc in the Dewan Rakyat with 37 seats, should play a better role on national issues.
This, he said, was to prevent the country falling under a theocratic regime through the implementation of hudud.
“DAP should implore PAS to abandon its hope of achieving a theocratic rule. The first step is for PAS to give up its proposal to table a Private Member’s Bill to implement hudud law in Kelantan.”
Today, Selangor BN assemblymen agreed to withdraw the motion asking the state government to study the possibility of implementing hudud, the Islamic penal code.
Opposition leader in the state assembly, Datuk Mohd Shamsudin Lias, said the move was to allow the 15 PAS assemblymen to table the motion themselves as implementing hudud was in PAS’ agenda.
Well done, MCA!
So, after this series of unfortunate events, who is the one playing hooded political stunts on hudud?
You be the judge!
*Haden Hoo is NOT a member of MCA or any political party.
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