Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said that Umno members should expose at the Umno General Assembly 2012 next week, that PAS is a political party that is hiding behind its Islamic image.
The prime minister was confident that if Umno could present sound arguments on the real PAS to the people, Umno would emerge as the premier party to the Malays.
"PAS has needed to portray itself as an Islamic party, but whether their action (of praying for the destruction of Umno and Barisan Nasional) is in line with Islamic principles and teachings or hiding behind its Islamic image, should be discussed by Umno," he said.
Najib was referring to PAS leaders and members performing "solat hajat" (special prayers) for Umno and BN's destruction in conjunction with its recent muktamar and he touched on how he wanted Umno members to react to it, during an exclusive interview with Bernama and Utusan Malaysia on the upcoming Umno General Assembly.
On a related development, the prime minister said the people were still unclear about the policies to be implemented and the direction of Pakatan Rakyat if they win the coming election as the partners had conflicting views on various issues.
Which would be the dominant party in the opposition coalition also could not be ascertained, he said, but he assured that Umno/BN would continue with its policies and direction that had been revealed to the people.
"In the opposition pact, there will be a party that wants the Federal Constitution amended, as DAP has its Malaysian Malaysia ideology that cannot accept the principles and spirit of the Constitution. And there's PAS which wants to establish an Islamic state based on its own definition. This has been questioned because the definition of Islamic state is still vague.
"Thirdly, there's Parti Keadilan Rakyat with its questionable stand on various matters including its support for liberalism and pluralism, which has resulted in controversies.
"In BN, we can guarantee that our policies are consistent. No matter what happens, we assure that our direction and policies presented to the people will continue.
"But with the opposition, it's full of risks, questions and doubts. Whether we are willing to gamble away our future, that's the big question," he said.
During the one-hour interview, Najib also touched on the opposition seeking foreign intervention in Malaysia's general election which it accused of being fraudulent and unfair, thus appearing to deny the existence of democratic practice all this while.
Asked whether the move was made because they were not confident of winning the upcoming 13th general election, Najib said it was because of this that the opposition was trying to influence the people's mind that the country's elections were not transparent.
"There are also people saying that if they (opposition) don't win, they will hold street demonstrations, to show that our election is unfair and not transparent.
"Anything can happen because they are so obsessed and desperate about capturing Putrajaya. Australia has rejected (opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's plea for it to monitor the coming general election)," he said.
On the criticism by some quarters that Umno and BN were not aggressive enough in facing this mother of all general elections, especially in countering the oppositions's slander and propaganda, Najib said that as the ruling government, there should be a limit and a responsible attitude in any action taken by BN.
"The opposition parties are different, they have no boundaries including in hurling wild accusations, giving false information and so on. They can do it, but we in government must feel responsible for our actions. Perhaps that has portrayed us as not being aggressive enough," he said. – Bernama
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