Chinese New Year guidelines
in Kedah will cause the opposition losing Chinese support even PAS distance itself
from the issue.
PAS sought to distance
itself from the Chinese New Year guidelines controversy embroiling the Kedah
government, saying the issue was purely a state matter and did not involve the
party’s central leadership.
“That is the state
government’s decision. Nothing to do with the party,” PAS vice-president Mahfuz
Omar said at a press conference.
Mahfuz, however, refused to
address claims the Syura Council ― the party’s highest decision-making body ―
was behind the guidelines issued for the 1 Malaysia Chinese New Year event,
which included, among other things, the appropriate attire for officials and
singers.
The guidelines further stated
that performers are encouraged to sing motivational songs and that if extreme
singing and dancing activities were to take place; the state government has the
right to shut down the programme.
They also banned adult
females from appearing onstage for Chinese New Year performances.
Leaders from both sides of
the political divide have described the ruling as an infringement on non-Muslim
rights.
PAS’s Pakatan Rakyat allies,
DAP, had also chided Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak’s government
for consistently embarrassing the federal opposition bloc with its conservative
policies that it said was alienating voters.
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