Pakatan Harapan MP Syahredzan Johan has criticised a PAS leader for playing up religious sentiments after an MP from the Islamic party was suspended from the Dewan Rakyat by deputy speaker Alice Lau.
In a Facebook post, Syahredzan told PAS deputy youth chief Hafez Sabri that Pengkalan Chepa MP Ahmad Marzuk Shaary was suspended because he did not comply with repeated warnings from Lau after a heated exchange over Tabung Haji‘s rebranding exercise.
“What happened had nothing to do with Lau’s political affiliation or religion. But, as usual, PAS leaders such as Hafez only know how to play up racial and religious sentiments,” the Bangi MP said.
“A young elected representative should be bringing fresh and mature politics, but unfortunately, PAS’s politics remains stuck in the same old rut … of perpetuating narrow racial politics.”
On Monday, Lau suspended Marzuk for two days after he repeatedly ignored her warnings to take a 30-minute break during the debate on Tabung Haji‘s rebranding exercise.
Later that day, Hafez, the Manjoi assemblyman, criticised Marzuk’s suspension as being ordered by a “non-Muslim speaker from DAP”.
He also asked why a debate regarding important issues for Muslims was presented before a “non-Muslim speaker from DAP”.
