DAP "sayang" PAS

"DAP boleh bekerjasama dengan PAS tetapi tidak dalam hal berkaitan dengan sebarang usaha ke arah pembentukan sebuah negara Islam" - Ahli Parlimen DAP Bukit Mertajam, Chong Eng: Utusan Malaysia, 22 April 1999.

"Negara Islam yang didirikan oleh UMNO nampaknya lebih diterima oleh masyarakat Cina. PAS terlalu bising untuk menegakkan negara Islam. UMNO pula melakukannya secara diam-diam tanpa disedari oleh rakyat. PAS seperti ayam bertelur sebiji tapi riuh sekampung." - Penasihat DAP, Dr. Chen Man Min: Mingguan Malaysia, 30 September 2001.

"Kita mahu wujudkan negara pelbagai kaum dan agama, bukan negara Islam yang diperjuangkan PAS." - Penasihat DAP, Dr. Chen Man Min: Berita Harian, 15 Disember 2001.

"The reason why DAP pulled out of the front was because of the failure to resolve the Islamic state issue. The question of DAP returning does not arise." - Lim Kit Siang: The Star, 18 Disember 2001.

"Any suggestion that DAP return to the coalition by ignoring the fundamental cause of its pullout is akin to regarding politics as building sand castles." - Lim Kit Siang: The Star, 18 Disember 2001.

"Let me say that just because PAS Youth thinks it could dictate to Keadilan and PRM, it should not think it could dictate DAP." - Lim Kit Siang: New Straits Times, 19 Disember 2001.


"Our record speaks for itself, that we are a party of principle and we have never joined BN before." - Kerk Kim Hock: The Star, 23 Disember 2001.

"Abdul Hadi should not bestow on himself the rights to make edicts, particularly when such edicts can lead to misunderstanding. There is no doubt that the US, in its foreign policy, has antagonized many countries and Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has rightly condemned it in this regard. For Abdul Hadi to say that assisting the US could lead to a situation of murtad amounts to an expression of extremist views." - Timbalan Pengerusi DAP, Karpal Singh: The Sun, 1 Januari 2002.

"PAS should search its conscience before levelling such charges that are devoid of basis or logic. The DAP cannot compromise its stand. The DAP does not believe in running with the hares and hunting with the hounds." - Karpal Singh: The Star, 3 Januari 2002.