‘BN only wants to disunite Malaysians’

The unity among Malaysians in the Pakatan Rakyat is frightening Umno and Najib, says PAS deputy president Mat Sabu.

BATU PAHAT: PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu said Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s only political strategy to win the next general election was to disunite Malaysians.

“Don’t fall for it. It is the unity among Malaysians in the Pakatan Rakyat that is frightening Umno and Najib,” he said in his policy address at the Johor PAS annual convention over the weekend.

More than 600 state PAS delegates attended the assembly, including PKR vice-president and Johor PKR chief Chua Jui Meng. This year’s assembly was hosted by Parit Sulong PAS.

Mat Sabu, as he is more popularly known, said: “If any of the three Pakatan partners – PAS, PKR or DAP – quit the opposition coalition now, Najib would dissolve Parliament the next day.

“That is what he is hoping for. And that is why Malaysians have been kept in an election mode for about two years.”

He said the unprecedented wins by the opposition parties in the March 2008 political tsunami had given birth to Pakatan unity among Malaysians of all races.

“The perception of Muslim women and non-Muslims on PAS has also changed positively with PAS also adapting to change.

“The fear for PAS and the prejudice against Islamic policies have been erased after 34 years. The irony now is that PAS safe seats are now in constituencies where there are significant non-Malay voters,” he said.

Mat Sabu reminded Muslims that they had every right to reject other religions but they had no right to insult others.

“Insult is not the way of Islamic teachings,” he added.

He urged PAS members and leaders to continue to strive hard for electoral victory in Johor in the next general election.

“You can achieve victory with hard work, determination and unity by working within the Pakatan,” he said, adding Umno can continue to bathe in their false belief that Johor is still their political fortress or fixed deposit state.