Hadi reveals Kelantan-Putrajaya talks behind Shariah Bill tabling
KOTA BARU, June 2 ― The Kelantan government had engaged in talks with the Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government “for some time” before PAS was given the greenlight to table its controversial Shariah Bill in Parliament, the Islamist opposition party’s president disclosed today.
Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang admitted that the negotiations helped expedite the tabling in the Dewan Rakyat, which Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia had remarked last week would not have “seen the light of day” without an Umno minister's motion.
“Yes, they negotiated government-to-government for some time,” Abdul Hadi said during a press conference after opening the PAS annual general meeting here.
Hadi tabled the amendments to the SyariahCourts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act in the form of a private member's Bill on May 26.
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