Parti Rakyat man backs hudud in Kelantan
We must first look at how they plan to implement and enforce it, he says
SEBERANG JAYA: Azman Shah Othman,
the Parti Rakyat Malaysia candidate in Permatang Pauh, has declared
support for hudud, the Islamic criminal penalties. He said he backs the
PAS-led Kelantan state government’s controversial decision to implement
hudud in Kelantan.
But he said PRM must first scrutinise the Kelantan government’s plans on enforcing the law.
In March the Kelantan government passed amendments to existing state
Syariah law to pave way for enforcing hudud, pending parliamentary
approval.
“We support hudud as it is Allah’s law. But we have to first look at
how the government plans to implement and enforce it,” said Azman, who
was born in Permatang Pauh 50 years ago but now lives in Sungai Petani,
Kedah.
He was unveiled as PRM candidate for the Permatang Pauh by-election
by PRM vice president Goh Chuin Loon today, just five days away from
polling on May 7.
Goh said Azman was not an independent candidate as claimed last week
by former party Penang chairman Gary Nair who, he said, was an ordinary
party member and not in a position to declare Azman’s status.
Nair, claiming to be chairman of the Penang chapter, had said the
party had rejected Azman’s candidacy as he was not even a PRM member.
Goh said the party had pooled together all northern region branches
into a combined northern zone at the national congress in November. The
Penang branch ceased to exist, and Nair’s purported position as Penang
chairman was redundant.
The northern zone PRM is based in Sungai Petani, Goh said, clarifying
that Azman had been an ardent party supporter before becoming a member
on April 9 last year.
Asked about Nair’s stand against Azman’s candidature, Goh merely said
that “his views could be caused by a misunderstanding and
miscommunication.”
Azman meanwhile said Parti Rakyat planned to have small dialogue
sessions and a door-to-door campaign to “reach out to voters” and leave
the task of organising large scale public rallies and events to its
opponent from Parti Keadilan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional.
He said PRM, which began its by-election campaign on May Day, was capable of springing a surprise on polling day.
Azman faces PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, BN’s Suhaimi Sabudin and independent candidate Salleh Isahak.
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