Malay Mail Online - Pakatan MPs back Mukhriz’s proposal for unified opposition (extracts):
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24-- Several federal lawmakers from Pakatan Harapan support Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) vice president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir’s call for all opposition parties to unite under a single banner.
PKR’s Chua Tian Chang and Parti Amanah Negara’s (Amanah) Khalid Samad both agreed that the opposition must agree to band together against Barisan Nasional in the next general election, adding that the details could come after.
“I think the name and logo can be discussed later… name is not a matter. The main issue is to form a grand coalition, which Pakatan has been advocating for all these while,” the PKR vice president said.
PKR, Amanah and DAP are already in the informal Pakatan Harapan pact.
Mukhriz, at a dialogue session in Shah Alam last night, suggested that the opposition form an alternative front, comprising all opposition parties under a single name and logo.
The former Kedah mentri besar proposed the coalition be named Barisan Rakyat, but was pessimistic about how it will be received.
Amanah’s communication director Khalid said that the idea to form of a grand coalition has been mooted several times in the past.
“Amanah has no problem with this...PKR has also been having programmes together [with PPBM] but DAP, I am not sure.
The headline has been grossly misleading because the DAP has NOT agreed to doing so.
Thus, if PKR has abandoned Pakatan, then Amanah might have seen fit to follow suit in the belief that a Sino-Indian dominated DAP might not have the credentials to win over the Heartland, while Pribumi plus PKR might have.
DAP's Tan Seng Giaw and Nga Kor Ming, when asked about the DAP's intention vis-a-bis the Mukhriz-proposed Barisan Rakyat, tap-danced around the idea of becoming part of a Pribumi (read that as Mahathir) dominated coalition.
PKR’s Chua Tian Chang and Parti Amanah Negara’s (Amanah) Khalid Samad both agreed that the opposition must agree to band together against Barisan Nasional in the next general election, adding that the details could come after.
“I think the name and logo can be discussed later… name is not a matter. The main issue is to form a grand coalition, which Pakatan has been advocating for all these while,” the PKR vice president said.
PKR, Amanah and DAP are already in the informal Pakatan Harapan pact.
Mukhriz, at a dialogue session in Shah Alam last night, suggested that the opposition form an alternative front, comprising all opposition parties under a single name and logo.
The former Kedah mentri besar proposed the coalition be named Barisan Rakyat, but was pessimistic about how it will be received.
Amanah’s communication director Khalid said that the idea to form of a grand coalition has been mooted several times in the past.
“Amanah has no problem with this...PKR has also been having programmes together [with PPBM] but DAP, I am not sure.
The headline has been grossly misleading because the DAP has NOT agreed to doing so.
DAP frowns at the very idea of serving Mahathir and his son when the former had done enormous incalculable wrongs to the nation and would be considered as the source of our problems even until today.
The said supporters have been identified only as PKR (Tian Chua, wakakaka) and Amanah, because we know that the former (PKR) has already committed its party slavishly, servilely and bodek-ishly to following Pribumi, whilst the latter (Amanah) wants to be in a coalition, any coalition, opposing BN.
Thus, if PKR has abandoned Pakatan, then Amanah might have seen fit to follow suit in the belief that a Sino-Indian dominated DAP might not have the credentials to win over the Heartland, while Pribumi plus PKR might have.
DAP's Tan Seng Giaw and Nga Kor Ming, when asked about the DAP's intention vis-a-bis the Mukhriz-proposed Barisan Rakyat, tap-danced around the idea of becoming part of a Pribumi (read that as Mahathir) dominated coalition.
In fact, recently Lim Guan Eng has had a verbal stoush with Ambiga Sreenevasan over the idea of following Mahathir to hell and back, wakakaka, with LGE opposing and Ambiga supporting.
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Much as I adore Ambiga, I believe this time she is wrong, as wrong as Maria Chin Abdullah has been, wakakaka, in asking us to forgive Mahathir for his 'sins'.
There are certain things in life which cannot be forgiven, and must not be forgiven, and the wrongs Mahathir did during his PM days would be unforgiven.
I hope the DAP holds fast to its ideal, that of cultivating the good and avoiding the bad.
Much as I adore Ambiga, I believe this time she is wrong, as wrong as Maria Chin Abdullah has been, wakakaka, in asking us to forgive Mahathir for his 'sins'.
There are certain things in life which cannot be forgiven, and must not be forgiven, and the wrongs Mahathir did during his PM days would be unforgiven.
I hope the DAP holds fast to its ideal, that of cultivating the good and avoiding the bad.