Hadi accuses DAP of ‘false narratives’ but worked with us twice – Lip Eng

 

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng is puzzled by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s urging for non-Malays in the country to not be fooled by DAP’s “false narratives”.

He questioned whether PAS was also swayed by these “false narratives” when the Islamist party cooperated with DAP twice in the past.

“Hadi should give us an honest answer because history seems to tell us that PAS is the one riding on other political parties to achieve its own political agenda, and he should also answer us whether PAS was also swayed by the so-called ‘false narratives’ during those two occasions when it collaborated with DAP,” Lim (above, right) said in a statement today.

Accusing the Islamist party of riding on the coattails of other parties to gain power, Lim detailed the history of PAS collaborating with other parties when it was to their convenience and later ditching their allies.

He pointed out that PAS was part of Barisan Alternatif, formed in 1999 as an opposition front against BN, along with DAP and PKR.

However, this coalition split two years later when PAS and PKR went their own ways in states where PAS had a majority.

The Islamist party later joined forces again with PKR and DAP to form Pakatan Rakyat in 2008 during the height of the Reformasi movement led by Anwar Ibrahim.

“DAP had been most accommodating towards PAS and accepting it as a partner.

“Those were the moments we enjoyed good working relationships with PAS members because we do not see Malays as a threat.

“However, the moment (former PAS spiritual adviser) Nik Aziz Nik Mat passed on and Hadi took over as PAS president, the relationship soured again.

“Once again, it was PAS which ditched Pakatan Rakyat, leading to the dissolution of the coalition in 2015,” Lim said.

PAS was part of BN in 1972 as a “junior” to Umno, which was a partnership that helped PAS win 14 parliamentary seats in the 1974 general election.

Three years later, PAS split from BN and was reduced to only five parliamentary seats in the following general election.

“It was abandoned by its Malay electoral base until the 1999 general election at the height of Anwar’s Reformasi movement.

“Again, in 2022, PAS benefited from Malay voters who abandoned Umno in the last general election, giving the impression that there was a ‘green wave’,” Lim said.

He warned Hadi to think twice about playing up on racial politics again as the government is making inroads into PAS strongholds in Kelantan, Kedah, and Terengganu.

Hadi had previously raised the May 13 spectre again, warning against the “false narratives” spread by DAP to sway Chinese and Indian youths.

The Marang MP also claimed that DAP’s “Malaysian Malaysia” agenda and the secularism the party advocated were efforts to unravel what has been well-established. - Mkini