Hudud a mathematical impossibility
There are only 130 Muslim MPs in the Parliament, which fall short from the two third pre-requisite to amend the constitution.
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KLANG: It will be impossible to introduce Islamic criminal law in Malaysia even if Umno and PAS are to join forces.In a debate with MCA last night, DAP’s Hew Kuan Yew pointed out that there were less than two third Muslim MPs in Parliament.
The popular speaker said it takes the consent of at least 148 MPs to push for an amendment to the Federal Constitution to introduce the Islamic law.
“Out of the 222 MPs in Parliament, only 107 MPs from the Peninsular are Muslims. If we add the East Malaysian Muslim MPs, there will only be 130.
“Besides, our constituency delineation is such that there are only 136 Muslim-majority seats, with more than 61% of the voters being Muslims,” he added.
He said that Sabah and Sarawak Muslim MPs, on the other hand, would not necessarily agree with the Islamic state agenda as it contravened the agreements with regard to the formation of Malaysia in 1963, which stipulates that the country is a secular state.
Some 500 people attended the Mandarin debate titled “Hudud law: Diverting attention or potential threat” at Wisma Cheng Chin here.
Hew also said that PAS would have no choice but to be more moderate now if it wanted to win the general election.
He described the “welfare state” concept raised by PAS now as matching DAP’s socialist idea, which was similar to the Swedish model of distributing the country’s assets fair and equally.
Apart
from MCA Youth publicity chief Kow Cheong Wei and Hew, the three-hour
session also featured speakers such as Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
(Utar) professor Chin Chong Foh and PAS-linked scholar Kamal Koh.Hew centered his argument on how the Islamic criminal law should not be a matter of concern when voters go to the next polls; while Kow argued that a politically stronger PAS would prompt Umno to follow suit to be more Islamic.
Hudud is not applicable
Kow, in his speech, said that it was wrong for Muslims to ride on their majority to push forward hudud law because the country was founded upon the consensus of three races following independence.
“If they want to change anything, it must also be with the consent of all races,” he said.
The MCA Youth leader also criticised the hudud punishments as being too harsh and not applicable in society now.
“Next time if you have an accident and lose your hand, you better don’t come out. People might think you have stolen stuff,” he quipped.
The former Kinrara state assemblyman also said that the current system best suited the country, and there was no need for an alternative law.
“We don’t need religious interference in our politics,” he said.
After the four speakers presented their views, it was followed by questions from the moderator and the floor.DAP supporters seemed to be dominant in the hall, applauding Hew and booing Kow on various ocassions.
During the question and answer session, Hew accused MCA of being subservient to Umno as the party only opposes the Islamic law with Umno’s consent.
“But when [former premier Dr] Mahathir [Mohamad] declared Malaysia as an Islamic state in 2002, [MCA] never made any objection,” he said.
Kow, however, responded that it was DAP who dodged the question of hudud.
He claimed that DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang, when forming a loose coalition with PAS and the now-defunct Semangat 46 in 1990, had said that DAP would not get involved in Islamic affairs.
“This caused PAS to grow strong and wrested Kelantan for the first time in the 1990 general election,” he said.
“Now (DAP secretary-general) Lim Guan Eng had said that DAP would pull out from Pakatan Rakyat if PAS forms an Islamic state, but would they do so?” he said.
DAP KATA, TAK PERLU RISAU, HUDUD PAS HANYA ACAH-ACAH!!!
Dalam kesungguhan para pemimpin PAS untuk meyakinkan para pengikut mereka bahawa PAS memang akan mendirikan sebuah negara syariah dengan hudud dan qisas sebagai tema utamanya, sekutu utamanya pula sekadar melawak-lawakkan hasrat PAS, bahkan berpendapat PAS sekadar mengacah-ngacah dan tidak bersungguh-sungguh untuk menjadikan hudud sebagai teras undang-undang negara.
Matematiknya amat mudah, 148 kerusi majoriti yang diperlukan iaitu dua pertiga daripada 222 kerusi Parlimen, masih tidak tercapai oleh penguasaan Ahli-Ahli Parlimen beragama Islam walaupun PAS dan UMNO bergabung dalam satu barisan.
Hew Kuan Yew yang mewakili DAP berdebat dengan Ketua Penerangan Pemuda MCA, Kow Cheong Wei sekadar menggelakkan penguasaan kerusi Ahli-Ahli Parlimen beragama Islam yang berjumlah 107 di Semenanjung dan 23 di Sabah dan Sarawak, sekaligus menjadikan jumlah keseluruhannya hanyalah 130 kerusi, menjadikan jumlah dua pertiga yang membolehkan hudud dilaksanakan sebagai undang-undang negara, tidak lebih daripada dongengan PAS semata-mata untuk menarik undi serta pengaruh pengundi Melayu dan beragama Islam.
Menurut Hew lagi, perlembagaan negara ini telah 'menggariskan' penguasaan kerusi Parlimen orang Islam tidak boleh lebih daripada 136 kerusi sahaja memandangkan umat Islam hanyalah 61% daripada jumlah penduduk di negara ini.
Perdebatan antara DAP dan MCA di Wisma Chen Chin yang dikendalikan sepenuhnya dalam Bahasa Mandarin semalam, telah menjelaskan bahawa baik DAP mahupun MCA tidak akan bersetuju sama sekali dengan perlaksanaan undang-undang hudud di negara ini.
Memandangkan yang mengutarakan usul hudud adalah PAS, maka MCA memainkan peranan sebagai penentang keras, manakala DAP pula memainkan peranan memujuk untuk menunjukkan bahawa PAS tidak pernah serius dengan tuntutan hudud kerana para pemimpin PAS tahu, kalaupun keseluruhan 136 kerusi Islam tersebut dimenangi, mereka masih lagi kekurangan 12 kerusi untuk mengubah perlembagaan bagi membolehkan kewujudan hudud.
Bagaimanapun, kesimpulan daripada perdebatan tersebut, baik MCA mahupun DAP, telah memberikan gambaran bahawa PAS sebenarnya sedang menganyam mimpi-mimpi untuk dijadikan cerita dongeng menarik buat mendodoi si anak kecil. Hudud tidak mungkin dapat dilaksanakan di negara ini selagi Ahli-Ahli Parlimen beragama Islam tidak berjumlah 148 secara kekal selagi Malaysia masih wujud di muka dunia ini.
Barangkali para penyokong PAS yang sedang bersungguh-sungguh menyatakan bahawa UMNOlah yang menjadi penghalang kepada kewujudan hudud, sudah mampu berfikir atau barangkali mata dan hati mereka telah terhijab sepenuhnya dek fantamorgana yang dihasilkan oleh DAP?
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