Time to get real about getting non-Malay support, Zaid tells Muhyiddin

 

Zaid Ibrahim says Gerakan should be more like DAP, whereas PAS should recogonise that non-Muslims are their allies.

PETALING JAYA: Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim has urged Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin to “get real” with his coalition’s efforts to garner support from non-Malays.

Zaid said Muhyiddin and his comrades in PN should follow Anwar Ibrahim’s example by adopting a multiracial stance.

“Could you not say I am a Malay first? Tell Malaysians you are the ‘daddy’ for all races,” he said in a posting on X today.

Zaid’s remarks come after Muhyiddin said yesterday PN must find ways to win the support of non-Malay voters.

The Bersatu president said PN needs to adopt a fresh approach in engaging with the non-Malays and, if successful, their support for the coalition could potentially increase by 5% to 10%.

Zaid also said Muhyiddin should advise Gerakan, a PN component party,  to “sound more like DAP” by adopting principles of meritocracy, rule of law, and reforms to gain power

Meanwhile, he said, PAS leaders should be told to recognise that non-Muslim are their allies.

“PAS, therefore, needs to be sensitive to worldly matters, as the non-Malays are concerned with economy, education and business,” he said. - FMT

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