Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the opposition staging a rally in front of the Federal Court today was dangerous. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: The division of powers between Malaysia’s federal and state governments is often misunderstood, especially their respective jurisdictions over land and religion, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
“Is this something the opposition doesn’t know? The opposition knows.
“They want to (play up religious) sentiment so Muslims feel that this current government is against shariah law, but it has nothing to do with us,” he said, addressing an assembly of civil servants in Ayer Keroh, Melaka.
Anwar’s comments come after a nine-judge panel chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat ruled in an 8-1 majority that the Kelantan legislative assembly had no power to pass 16 provisions in its shariah enactment because the offences in question were already covered under federal law.
“What’s being done today (by the opposition) is dangerous. Holding a rally in front of the Federal Court as if today’s government is opposing shariah law.”
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