Article: Women's groups call for Pas reps to retract oath

Shuhada Elis
New Straits Times
11-10-2009
Women's groups call for Pas reps to retract oath
Byline: Shuhada Elis
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

PETALING JAYA: Pas elected representatives who took the "oath of loyalty" must retract their oath and apologise to the women in the country, particularly to their wives.

Two influential women's groups in the country - the Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) and the All Women's Action Society (Awam) - made the call to Pas faithfuls yesterday, describing the oath as insulting, outrageous and disrespectful to women.
WAO president Meera Samanther said there could never be adequate justification to the oath, as matrimonial relationship and loyalty ...