Zaid: Pakatan should get its act together on leaders now, not later

In his blog today, the former Umno minister said the ‘let’s-win-first-and-think-later’ stance should be done away with. The people, he said, want leaders that can be accepted and embraced.

 

“It’s no use pretending that all is well on this front,” Zaid penned, referring to PAS’ rumoured link-up with Umno and DAP’s lack of Malay membership.

 

The lawyer turned politician said PAS members needed to ask themselves if they wanted to win the next general election with Pakatan or Umno. The party, he said, has to decide “once and for all,” otherwise, they would be better off continuing their preaching.

 

DAP, Zaid suggested, could implement a PAS-style Supporters Club and work harder to dispel its image as a chauvinistic Chinese party.

 

“Simply denying it isn’t enough, only having substantial numbers of Malay supporters and members is the answer. 

 

“Perhaps DAP should consider wooing PAS leaders who are clearly non-ulama and probably have no future in PAS,” Zaid said, adding that there could be many young Malay leaders in PKR who may be interested in joining DAP.