Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad has blasted PAS vice-president Idris Ahmad for labelling Malays who work with the DAP as cowards and asked him if he would apply such an insulting term to revered PAS leaders, the late Fadzil Mohd Noor and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat who brought PAS into coalitions with the DAP.
According to the former Federal Territories minister, Idris' statement was an attack against the duo who advocated PAS working with the DAP to overthrow the longstanding Barisan Nasional regime.
“Are the late TGNA (Nik Aziz) and UFN (Fadzil) considered cowards by PAS today?
“We did not expect the (party) to go astray under the leadership of Hadi (Abdul Hadi Awang).
"The deceased were two of the strongest supporters of the cooperation with the DAP against BN's tyranny and corruption," Khalid said in a statement on Twitter.
Hmmm..
Almarhum TGNA dan Almarhum UFN dianggap bacul oleh PAS sekarang? Tak sangka akan sesesat ini apabila dipimpin Hadi.
Almarhum berdua paling kuat menyokong kerjasama dengan DAP menentang kezaliman dan korupsi BN.
12 tahun Selangor bawah PR/PH bukti kedangkalan Idris. twitter.com/mkini_bm/statu…
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Yesterday, Idris had claimed that Malays who possessed the courage to oppose the predominantly-Chinese party were principled.
"Malays who fight the DAP are those brave to swim upstream because they disagree with the concept brought by the party and its attempt to unravel the social contract.
"The cowards are the minority of Malays still in cohorts with the DAP and act according to its directions in return for temporary power," he was quoted as saying by Harakah Online.
Idris had been stung by Mahathir's scathing salvo against the Malays over their belief that the DAP posed a threat to the race.
Recalling how the Malays fought the British and refused to bow to major powers, the former premier asked: "Are the Malays so weak that a political party can destroy them?"
"The courageous Malays and Malay leadership who fought against the British, world powers, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are now afraid of the DAP. Afraid of (DAP secretary-general Lim) Guan Eng.
"Where did this cowardice come from? (The Malays) seek protection from whom? From (former premier) Najib (Abdul Razak)? From a 'Malay-Muslim leadership of thieves'?” Mahathir added.
For the record, PAS had previously worked with the DAP in Barisan Alternatif from 1998 to 2001 before DAP withdrew.
At that time, PAS was under the leadership of Nik Aziz as spiritual leader and Fadzil (photo) as president. Fadzil died in 2002 of a heart attack.
The alliance between the two parties resumed in Pakatan Rakyat, from 2008 to 2015 just four months after Nik Aziz died from prostate cancer.
Since then, PAS splinter group Amanah of which Khalid is a prominent leader, has resumed its alliance with the DAP in Pakatan Harapan while PAS is now working closely with its former foe Umno through Muafakat Nasional which was signed on September 14 last year.
PAS and Umno-BN are also now working together with Bersatu leaders who took the party out of Harapan and into the new Perikatan Nasional coalition government. - Mkini
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