'Pakatan meeting won't go on without Hadi'
Susan LoonePublished: Feb 5, 2015 6:44 AM | Updated: Feb 5, 2015 7:37 AM
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng seems all set for the Pakatan Rakyat leadership council meeting this Sunday in Kuala Lumpur.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng seems all set for the Pakatan Rakyat leadership council meeting this Sunday in Kuala Lumpur.
He made it clear that the talking points in the meeting will be based on "facts and not slander".
Asked on the matter, Lim said the meeting is long overdue but reiterated that all leaders representing the parties of DAP, PAS and PKR must be present.
The DAP obtained assurance that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang will attend the meeting, Lim (left) told reporters in Penang.
"We were assured of Hadi’s presence or else the meeting cannot proceed,” the Penang chief minister said.
"This is a decision made by the central committee members, not me. We do not operate a one man’s show as it is a collective decision making that all leaders must attend.
"Then only can we consider the meeting as a Pakatan leadership council meeting," he said.
Lim said he would be at the meeting to represent DAP, while Opposition leader and PKR de facto head Anwar Ibrahim will speak for PKR.
"Some people refuse to understand that the DAP secretary-general is a party leader. Some undertand, others, do not," he said.
Asked what will be on the agenda, he said he rather not speculate.
However, he said important issues affecting the rakyat’s interest would be brought to the table.
Lim declined to comment if several conflicts between his party and PAS would be resolved in the meeting.
“It depends whether they can be ironed out,” he said.
All eyes would be on whether DAP and PAS can straighten the creases which emerged between the parties in recent months.
The latest was the salvo fired by Hadi that DAP’s model for local government elections could leave to a racial riot similar to that of the May 13, 1969 clashes.
Lim refused to response to calls for him to debate with PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali.
Mustafa (right) insisted that PAS never supported local polls, as claimed by Lim, and that local polls was not part of Pakatan’s common policy.
Cracks in the tense relationship between DAP and PAS deepened with PAS’ insistence on implementing the hudud law - the Islamic jurisprudence - in Kelantan.
The meeting this Sunday is expected to be fiery given PAS’ announcement that that it will propose a Private Members’ Bill on hudud in Kelantan, a move which was vehemently opposed by DAP.
He made it clear that the talking points in the meeting will be based on "facts and not slander".
Asked on the matter, Lim said the meeting is long overdue but reiterated that all leaders representing the parties of DAP, PAS and PKR must be present.
The DAP obtained assurance that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang will attend the meeting, Lim (left) told reporters in Penang."We were assured of Hadi’s presence or else the meeting cannot proceed,” the Penang chief minister said.
"This is a decision made by the central committee members, not me. We do not operate a one man’s show as it is a collective decision making that all leaders must attend.
"Then only can we consider the meeting as a Pakatan leadership council meeting," he said.
Lim said he would be at the meeting to represent DAP, while Opposition leader and PKR de facto head Anwar Ibrahim will speak for PKR.
"Some people refuse to understand that the DAP secretary-general is a party leader. Some undertand, others, do not," he said.
Asked what will be on the agenda, he said he rather not speculate.
However, he said important issues affecting the rakyat’s interest would be brought to the table.
Lim declined to comment if several conflicts between his party and PAS would be resolved in the meeting.
“It depends whether they can be ironed out,” he said.
All eyes would be on whether DAP and PAS can straighten the creases which emerged between the parties in recent months.
The latest was the salvo fired by Hadi that DAP’s model for local government elections could leave to a racial riot similar to that of the May 13, 1969 clashes.
Lim refused to response to calls for him to debate with PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali.Mustafa (right) insisted that PAS never supported local polls, as claimed by Lim, and that local polls was not part of Pakatan’s common policy.
Cracks in the tense relationship between DAP and PAS deepened with PAS’ insistence on implementing the hudud law - the Islamic jurisprudence - in Kelantan.
The meeting this Sunday is expected to be fiery given PAS’ announcement that that it will propose a Private Members’ Bill on hudud in Kelantan, a move which was vehemently opposed by DAP.
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