SINGAPORE: It is not for foreign entities or individuals to tell Singaporeans how to vote, least of all along racial and religious lines, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said on Thursday (Oct 16) in response to a statement issued by Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).
“That is divisive and unacceptable. It may be how politics and political parties are organised in other countries. But it is not how politics and political parties are organised in multi-racial, multi-religious Singapore,” said the ministry after Malaysia’s Islamist party on Wednesday released a statement in response to Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam’s ministerial statement on race and religion.
MHA said PAS’ latest statement contradicted its earlier position in April and laid out a timeline of facts.
During Singapore’s General Election this year, PAS National Treasurer Iskandar Abdul Samad on Apr 24 publicly expressed support for the Workers’ Party’s candidate Mr Faisal Manap.
