Lim Guan Eng hits PAS over failure to credit him for cutting lottery draws from 22 to eight a year

Lim Guan Eng criticised PAS for claiming DAP opposed Islam, highlighting his reduction of lottery draws as finance minister.

He noted that the PAS-led government later increased lottery draws back to previous levels.

Lim questioned PAS's accusations, suggesting public judgement on whether PAS's actions were hypocritical.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng has hit back at PAS over what he described as dishonest and hypocritical claims about DAP’s position on Islam, while pointing to his record of reducing special lottery draws when he was finance minister.

In a Facebook post, Lim said PAS had failed to acknowledge that he was the first finance minister to reduce the number of special lottery draws from 22 to eight a year when Pakatan Harapan (PH) was in government from 2018 to 2020.

“PAS is not honest and sincere when it fails to state that I was the first finance minister to reduce special lottery draws from 22 times to eight times a year during the PH government from 2018 to 2020,” he said.

Lim said the number of special draws was subsequently increased to 22 a year by the PAS, Umno, Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition government in 2020 and remained at that level until the BN/PN administration ended in late 2022.

He said PAS did not have to praise him for the policy, but questioned its repeated claims that DAP leaders were opposed to Islam.

“Not praising me is fine, but the question is why does PAS like to slander DAP leaders as being against Islam when DAP is only opposed to PAS and their politics of hatred and lies,” he said.

Lim said it was up to the public to decide whether PAS’ approach amounted to hypocrisy and violated its own principles.

“It is up to the people to determine whether PAS’ two-faced political game violates principles and is hypocritical,” he said.

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林冠英批评伊斯兰党声称民主行动党反对伊斯兰教，并强调他担任财政部长期间减少了彩票抽奖次数。

他指出，由伊斯兰党领导的政府后来将彩票开奖次数恢复到了之前的水平。

林冠英质疑伊斯兰党的指控，建议公众对伊斯兰党的行为是否虚伪做出评判。

吉隆坡，9月8日讯——民主行动党顾问林冠英回击伊斯兰党，称其对民主行动党在伊斯兰教问题上的立场提出了不诚实和虚伪的说法，同时指出他担任财政部长期间减少了特别彩票抽奖的记录。

林冠英在脸书上发帖称，伊斯兰党未能承认，在希望联盟（PH）2018年至2020年执政期间，他是第一位将特别彩票抽奖次数从每年22次减少到8次的财政部长。

他说：“伊斯兰党没有说明我是2018年至2020年希望联盟政府执政期间第一个将特别彩票抽奖次数从每年22次减少到8次的财政部长，这说明伊斯兰党既不诚实也不真诚。”

林先生表示，2020年，伊斯兰党、巫统、国阵和国民联盟联合政府将特别抽奖的次数增加到每年22次，并一直保持到2022年底国阵/国民联盟政府结束为止。

他表示，伊斯兰党不必因为他的政策而赞扬他，但他质疑伊斯兰党一再声称民主行动党领导人反对伊斯兰教的说法。

“不表扬我没关系，但问题是，为什么伊斯兰党喜欢诽谤民主行动党领袖反对伊斯兰教，而民主行动党只是反对伊斯兰党及其仇恨和谎言的政治，”他说。

林冠英表示，伊斯兰党的做法是否虚伪并违反其自身原则，应由公众来判断。

他说：“人民应该来判断伊斯兰党两面三刀的政治游戏是否违反原则、是否虚伪。”

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