Gerakan today said other amendments to laws should be prioritised ahead of Marang MP Abdul Hadi Awang's private member's bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 (Act 355). 
 
The bill is dubbed the hudud bill, as it could could pave the way for the implementation of the Islamic criminal law.
 
Echoing MCA, Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong said other government bills should be prioritised when Dewan Rakyat reconvenes next month. 
 
"We feel there are many government bills and this must take priority before private member's bills. 
 
"So maybe the private member's bill will not be tabled in the next session, and the parliamentary session is not long," he told reporters at the party headquarters today. 
 
He said this when asked on Gerakan's stand on the bill.
 
MCA president Liow Tiong Lai yesterday urged the government not to prioritise the private member's bill.
 
Hadi's bill jumped the queue in the May session, after Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said tabled a motion to prioritise the bill ahead of government business.
 
However, the debate was postponed on Hadi's request, given that it was already the last day of the session.