PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said his party is opposing DAP introducing local council elections because it does not want the Chinese to conquer the cities.

“We will prevent DAP from holding local council elections, (because) the Chinese will conquer the cities.

“We will not allow our cities to be controlled by DAP, allowing alcohol and gambling to Muslims,” Hadi said.

Hadi was responding to DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng who said that DAP needs to remain in the Selangor state government to ensure that PAS would not be up to mischief .

Lim rationalised that DAP’s existence in the Selangor state government was needed so that PAS does not implement bad policies, just like how it has done so in Kelantan.

Racial riots

Even before PAS and DAP cut their ties, they were already butting heads on the matter of DAP’s proposed local council elections.

Hadi then had warned that having local council elections could lead to racial riots, like the May 13 riots of 1969.

Asked whether PAS still harboured hopes to advise the BN-led government, the PAS chief said: “We do so in Parliament. Be it officially or not, speaking in Parliament is considered as advising them."

Hadi said the opposition should not be too rigid and oppose anything that the government says.

“We are an opposition which advises,” he added.