Umno Needs Psychological Warfare Team To Ward Off Opposition Allegations

(Bernama) — The Barisan Nasional (BN), especially Umno, needs to form a psychological warefare team to deal with opposition allegations against the coalition or Umno.

Home Minister and Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said besides this, the party's strategies, integrity and credibility also needed to be enhanced to draw public attention.

"Our problem is that we have allowed negative public perceptions about us to persist. When negative perceptions have taken root, it is difficult for us to get out of the situation," he said at a press conference at Angkasapuri, here, today.

Syed Hamid said having a psychological warfare team could make the party more mature and ward off negative public perceptions about it.

"When something happens or an issue arises, there must be quick action to remove or diffuse wrong perceptions against us.

"We are weak in information dissemination and propaganda, while the opposition is strong in mounting a propaganda," he said.