MALAY POWER EQUATION TURNS TOPSY-TURVY: IN MAJOR U-TURN, ‘ISLAMIC’ PAS NOW CALLS FOR UMNO TO BE DISSOLVED – ‘IT HAS NO FUTURE, WHAT CAN UMNO OFFER THE PEOPLE NOWADAYS’

KOTA BARU – Pas is standing by its position that Umno has no future in the country’s politics and should be dissolved.

“This (the call for Umno to be dissolved) is not new,” Pas vice-president Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said after launching the Kelantan Youth logo at Medan Usahawan, here, today.

“I have said this many times in my ceramah after hearing about the problems that hit Umno lately.

“Logically, what can Umno offer the people nowadays?

“The party was given the chance to rule the country for 60 years.”

He was commenting on a statement by Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang at a recent interview in Dublin, Ireland, called “An Evening With Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang”.

Hadi had said that Umno was a leaking ship and that Pas would never merge with the party.

He reportedly said co-operation with Umno would create more problems.

Amar who is Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar said he was confident that Pas’s struggle, including in Kelantan, would be better in future.

“The people today can see the weaknesses in Umno. At the same time, they are given the chance to study all the promises made by Pakatan Harapan that are yet to be fullfilled, besides the problems among the component parties in Pakatan,” he said.

– NST