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Sunday, 28 December 2008 21:30 |
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(NST) Kapar member of Parliament S. Manikavasagam's move to quit Parti Keadilan Rakyat left some Pakatan Rakyat leaders hot and worried.
Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said yesterday that the PKR supreme council member should step down as an MP and recontest as an independent candidate in a by-election.
"He should not have quit the party and this shows that he has no principles, and is not consistent.
"He has betrayed the people who elected him under the Keadilan ticket," he said after launching Jom Sertai Pas (Let's Join Pas) campaign here.
Manikavasagam, who was expected to make an official announcement of his resignation before the New Year, cited his recent spat with Selangor assembly speaker Teng Chang Khim, infighting within the state administration and disappointment with Selangor PKR leaders as "the last straw". Selangor DAP vice-chairman and Klang MP Charles Santiago yesterday also voiced agreement with his grouses, saying that Teng's recent criticisms of him and Manikavasagam over their involvement in the Klang Sentral Terminal issue had been uncalled for.
"It was totally arrogant of Teng and it is sending the wrong signal to the people. Instead of addressing the issue, he made it personal when he said that both of us were irresponsible and inexperienced," he said yesterday.
Teng, a DAP central committee member, said that Manikavasagam had been bought over by Barisan Nasional when he protested against the relocation of the current bus and taxi station to the new Klang Sentral Terminal.
Hadi, also at the event, said Pas would not explain its decision to implement hudud and qisas to DAP.
DAP should not worry about the implementation as it only applied to Muslims, he said, adding that non-Muslims were free to choose the law they wanted to be tried under.
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This apply to you, S. Manikavasagam.