Amirudin accuses parties of stoking racial tension to seize Selangor

 The menteri besar says ‘two or three parties’ are creating fear and unease among the communities in the state.

Selangor menteri besar and state Pakatan Harapan chief Amirudin Shari at a PH ceramah in Pasir Gudang, Johor, on July 10. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA:

Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari has accused “two or three parties” of fuelling insecurity in an attempt to wrest control of the state and eventually the federal government.

Without naming the parties involved, the Selangor Pakatan Harapan chairman said they were engaging in political manoeuvring by creating fear and unease among the different communities.

“They are carrying out political manoeuvres,” he said at a DAP fundraising dinner here tonight.

“They are sowing insecurity within our communities – insecurity among the Malays, Chinese and Indians.”

The two-term Selangor menteri besar described the tactic as a dangerous political ploy that could undermine Selangor’s progress.

He said Selangor’s development was the result of reforms implemented over more than 15 years, and continued political stability was crucial to sustaining the state’s economic growth.

The PKR vice-president urged Malaysians to reject what he described as extreme racial and religious politics, saying the country’s peace and stability must be protected.

“This is the time for Malaysians to rise. We must reject the extreme politics of race and religion being practised by certain parties,” he said.

PH retained control of Selangor in the 2023 state election after winning 32 of the 56 state assembly seats, but lost its two-thirds majority for the first time in 15 years.

The next Selangor election must be held by November 2028 unless the state assembly is dissolved earlier. - FMT