PETALING JAYA, Nov 1 — PAS is now showing its true colours and its desire to be friendly with Barisan Nasional (BN), DAP’s Lim Guan Eng said today after president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang reportedly said his party will not reject Budget 2016.
According to the DAP secretary-general, Pakatan Harapan will vote against the budget by the BN federal government although the opposition pact’s odds are next to zero, especially after PAS has stated its support for the budget.
“They’ve now shown that they want to be part of BN. They might once be part of the solution, but now they’re part of the problem,” Lim told reporters outside Selangor DAP ordinary convention.
“It’s clear now that he is now akin to being friends of BN,” he added, referring to Abdul Hadi.
In a report by Malay daily Sinar Harian today, Abdul Hadi said PAS will not “blindly” vote against Budget 2016 and will take a neutral stance instead.
Speaking at an event in Kuala Terengganu last night, the Marang MP said PAS will even send a team of advisors to help fine tune the budget with Umno
PAS wants Najib to stay, offers Putrajaya help, says report
The Malaysian Insider – 22 minutes ago
PAS says it does not want to bring down Datuk Seri Najib Razak and is instead offering the embattled prime minister help to improve his policies, Sinar Harian reported today.
The Malay daily reported PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang as saying the party was not interested in grabbing positions or taking over Putrajaya.
“Right now, we want to improve the government, not follow it or fight for positions. We do not want to unseat the prime minister, but to correct his policies,” Hadi was quoted as saying in Kuala Terengganu yesterday.
He said the party would only consider other approaches, including wresting Putrajaya from Barisan Nasional (BN), if it refused to take heed of the Islamist party’s advice. – November 1, 2015
