YOURSAY ‘Marrying someone again without prior consultation is a no-no.’

On hudud, PAS likens Umno to a beckoning bride

Martha: PAS is a party made up of individuals whose main intention is to make this country an Islamic one.

However, on their own they will never achieve this goal, therefore, they try forming an alliance with whichever party that they can in the process. They tried with BN but failed. Next comes Pakatan Rakyat, they tried but again failed. So it’s back to the drawing board.

Now it wanted to try Umno again. But as usual, the people will be made to suffer in the process. Pakatan needs to realise that it has to let PAS go.

Kim Quek: Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah, your analogy of PAS marrying a “beckoning pretty bride” is wrong.

When you (PAS) go in bed with Umno, it is you who are the bride, not Umno. Going along the same analogy, may I remind you that PAS is already married to Pakatan, so marrying someone again - worst of all, an enemy - without prior consultation is a no-no.

Next, amending a federal law without amending the federal constitution would not do, if you want to implement a full-scale hudud criminal jurisdiction. If you don’t believe me, consult a panel of independent constitutional experts, not a PAS-Umno panel.

Finally, you still haven’t satisfactorily explained why you must rush to hold an emergency legislative sitting in Kelantan at this time to facilitate your plan to introduce a private member’s bill in Parliament, which will only be in session in March next year.

So, the general perception that you are in cahoots with Umno to divert public attention from Umno’s present crisis of public confidence, as well as to sabotage Pakatan’s unity, is valid.

Headhunter: Umno a beckoning bride or witch in disguise? Trust them at your own risk, PAS.

RCZ: This reasoning is all wrong. Religion should not play in politics, particularly the governing a multiracial country. That’s the first and fundamental flaw in this debate.

How can this religious issue be an agenda for the good of a country when the country is not in favour of hudud? You cannot just say it doesn't involve the non-Muslims because it does, as non-Muslims interact with Muslims all the time.

Just because two parties for their own political aims team up, this cannot mean the 'families ' and 'in laws' they have to live with are not going to be affected. They are.

PAS, please stop living in this hudud dream and please stop thinking that Muslims can live in isolation from everything else.

The world has moved on. We should, too, and there are so many other things that are wrong and unfair in this country which need political intervention and attention.

Thequest: It is not a question of democracy. Rather, it is a question of whether it is a civilised thing to mete out such a punishment. Just because it is allegorically stated as such, is it really Islamic to have such punishments?

Basically: Amar’s response is telling. They want hudud purely for 'political survival' as he has admitted, not because they have faith in Islam.

That they would work with the party they once called ‘haram’ and unIslamic just to achieve it, shows what kind of people they are. His words show he has no interest whatsoever in the nation's well-being other than his own political survival.

Single Malt: In the next general election, we will see moderate Malays together with PKR and DAP doing battle with PAS and Umno Baru. Please, please do not associate with PAS.

This is my prayer, failing which Pakatan stands to lose a lot of votes, including mine.

Albert Wong: I confess that I know next to nothing about hudud. But if it’s for Muslims and they wanted it, why the fuss? I see it as a big political gamble for PAS and Umno in trying to woo Muslim votes.

Politically speaking, I see PAS’ political mastery (I support that strategy) and they will come out victorious after Parliament has voted on the private member’s bill.

I believe there are many Umno MPs who will not vote for the bill, either by being absent from the sitting or abstaining from voting.

When that happens, PAS will establish once and for all, the true colours of Umno and will hammer them all the time in every political rally. Umno will suffer reduced support from rural Malays.

Furthermore, what action will the BN partners, MCA, Gerakan and MIC take? Game over. PAS can still stay in PKR and will help the party to gain Putrajaya.

Lastly, if the bill does pass Parliament, then there's hardly anything we can do about it - it’s the will of the majority. It’s part of the democratic process and we have to respect it.

Bluebird: By taking Umno's hudud committee seriously, PAS has already fallen for Umno's bait.

It’s stupid, and you do not just need to pass the bill with a simple majority, you will need a two-thirds majority to amend the constitution.

Anonymous #05023297: Umno has betrayed PAS before. PAS under Abdul Hadi Awang will betray Pakatan. And PAS will go to bed with Umno as the second wife.

Clearwater: The bride of Frankenstein looks like a monster. But then, there's no accounting for taste.

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