MIC approves of Umno and PAS getting closer, fine with hudud, says nothing to do with non-Muslims’
Friday, 06 Dec 2019 01:46 PM MYTMIC president SA Vigneswaran and MCA president Wee Ka Siong attend the opening ceremony of the Umno General Assembly at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur December 6, 2019. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
“We are not against Act 355. MIC is not against it. As far as we’re concerned, if they bring back Act 355 and implement it, it’s up to them. Yesterday, Umno Youth chief Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki called for Muafakat Nasional to be institutionalised. “You see, MIC is part of BN. Muafakat Nasional is absorbing PAS into a working relationship. Umno and PAS who were arch enemies in the past are now together under the broader view of Malay-Islam.Vigneswaran said he hopes that in Muafakat Nasional, all parties will work together but added that there should be certain rules set beforehand to ensure none are marginalised if the Opposition pact wins the 15th general election.
There have been several legal battles involving Indians of the Hindu faith and Muslims due to conversion disputes in the past and the MIC had been an outspoken defender of the community’s rights then.
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