PAS Supporters Congress (DHPP) chief Hu Pang Chaw, whose name was dropped from the party wing's new line-up, had accused the central leadership of eliminating him because of his strong anti-hudud stance.

Describing the leaders as “politically unwise”, Hu, who was in the dark over the recent line-up, said some of the PAS figures “could not stand” him for opposing hudud strongly, and resulted his name being dropped from DHPP.

"I think the biggest reason is that I express a dissenting voice and they (PAS leaders) can't stand it anymore... so the action was taken against me,” he told Malaysiakini yesterday.

Hu reiterated that he had never questioned the existence of hudud in Islam but his point was that the controversial Islamic penal system was not suitable to be implemented in Malaysia.

Hu had, since 1999, campaigned for PAS as a non-Muslim and became the first chief of the party's supporters' club in 2004.

A Christian by religion, he continued to hold top post as the club was upgraded to become a wing of the party in 2010.

'War of fractions' was launched

Last Sunday, the PAS mouthpiece Harakah Daily reported the new DHPP line-up was announced by party president Abdul Hadi Awang, with former DHPP deputy chief N. Balasubramaniam replacing Hu.

Hu accused Balasubramiam of launching “a war of fractions” within DHPP and that Balasubramiam convinced the central leadership to condone such an unauthorised line-up.

“Where is the spirit of respect and muzakarah as championed by PAS all the while? If they can't show democracy in such a small matter, how can the voters trust them?” he asked

Asked if he would quit the party, Hu said he harboured no such thought as he still believed in the core values as stated in party's constitution.

Yesterday, the Islamic party decided not to table its Private Member's Bill in the June sitting of Parliament to push for the implementation of hudud in Kelantan in light of the formation of a new joint technical committee with Umno.