Malays will be like Red Indians if PAS and Umno don’t cooperate, warns ex-chief justice
He said PKR was a lost cause as the party was not interested in fighting for the Malays, but for “just one Malay”, in an apparent reference to opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Anisah Shukry, The Malaysian Insider
Malays are in danger of becoming “Red Indians” in their own land if PAS and Umno do not cooperate to defend the government from DAP and PKR, former chief justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad warned today.
He said that should Pakatan Rakyat take over Putrajaya, PKR and PAS would not be able to “control” DAP the way Umno “controlled MCA and Gerakan’s ambitions”.
“Malays will become Red Indians in their own land. Trust me, the threat towards Malays now has never been this serious in the history of the race.
“Now, we are split and being used. PAS and Umno must think about collaborating, uniting or cooperating at least at the federal level to defend the government from falling to DAP and PKR,” Hamid said in his speech at the National Unity Convention in Pusat Islam, Kuala Lumpur today.
The convention was organised by a coalition of 58 Malay non-governmental organisations (NGO), who are set to debate a draft of the National Unity Memorandum.
Hamid said that PAS should recall its core struggles, which is to protect Malays and Islam, adding that working alongside DAP and PKR would defeat its purpose.
He pointed out that when PR briefly controlled the “DAP cannot be counted on… they are more chauvinistic than MCA and Gerakan.
“PAS and PKR cannot control DAP’s ambitions the way Umno controls MCA and Gerakan’s ambitions. So PAS must work with Umno.”
He said PKR was a lost cause as the party was not interested in fighting for the Malays, but for “just one Malay”, in an apparent reference to opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
