BN has yet to arrive at a "final consensus" on PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's Private Member's Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 or Act 355 to allow the implementation of hudud.

"So far there is no final consensus on this one," Gerakan secretary-general Liang Teck Meng told a press conference at the Gerakan headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.

"At the end, we hand it to the prime minister and BN chairperson (Najib Abdul Razak) to make his announcement on this one," he said.

Liang also blamed DAP for opening the floodgates on the recent hudud controversy.

He said DAP agreed to allow PAS the right to practice its beliefs and carry out the concept of an Islamic state. 

Liang based this on an agreement that he claimed was signed by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Hadi before the 13th general election in 2013.

"We cannot be in a country without pursuing any responsibility… when you slap somebody, you cannot just run away and say that (it) has nothing to do with you," he said.

Many are still in the dark on the "black and white" of the agreement between Hadi and Lim, Liang added.

He also demanded that DAP, which has two Muslim parliamentarians, and PKR, which has 16 Muslim MPs, state their stand on Hadi's bill.

According to him, PAS, which has only 13 parliamentarians, and Umno, with 88, cannot pass Hadi's bill by themselves, even if the bill is tabled in the Dewan Rakyat.

"If there are only 101 MPs (from PAS and Umno), they can't do anything, right? So, at the end, who opened the floodgates?" Liang asked, citing his own simple calculation on Muslim lawmakers.

But with DAP and PKR backing it, he said, Hadi’s bill can be passed by Parliament.

"Both DAP and PKR have key roles to play in determining whether the bill will be passed.

"It is the responsibility of each party with Muslim MPs to voice out their stand," Liang added.

Gerakan and several BN component parties are trying their best to ensure Hadi's bill will not be tabled and passed in Parliament, he said.

On March 19, 2015, Kelantan state legislative assembly had passed Kelantan Syariah Criminal Code II 1999 (Amendment 2015).

However, the Kelantan state enactment cannot be implemented as long as the punishment limits meted out by the syariah courts remain.

Hadi then tabled a motion on Act 355, which will pave way for Kelantan to implement hudud law.

The bill seeks to amend Act 355, which limits the court’s punishment to a maximum fine of RM5,000, three years’ jail or six strokes of the rotan.

The amendment seeks to remove these limits.