unity government

Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi Awang’s call for a unity government should be taken seriously.

I appealed for discussions leading to a unity solution last September, when it was already clear that the country is at a dangerous impasse.  I said it is time to come together.

The factors I mentioned were:

1. Our political conflicts threaten to deteriorate into constitutional crises.
2. We will be suffering the effects of a global economic crisis on a scale we have never faced.
3. Racial and religious issues, fanned by politics and media incitement, threaten to spiral out of control.
4. The very integrity of the Federation is at stake. The grievances of Sabah and Sarawak cannot be papered-over with political manoeuvres. They are about the fundamental basis of the Federation. 

There is a real danger of our falling into a long-term loop of decline, with job losses, crime, social conflict, institutional breakdown and political instability feeding upon each other.

Our problems are fundamental, and must be faced immediately. But BN cannot do this alone

Read more at: http://razaleigh.com/2009/02/28/unity-government/