LETTER | It is time that the politics of race and religion is replaced by the politics of service.
yesterday , ‘Let’s keep the unity’, is a significant call to shun extremism in a context where new political cooperation has emerged between PAS and Umno in the name of Malay-Muslim unity.
It is obvious that there has been lack of analysis among intellectuals on the moral aspects of Malaysian politics being accepted on calls for the Pakatan Harapan government to raise the bar of governance to counter extremist PAS and Umno propaganda. Things only began to change during the period of Islamic resurgence in the middle 70s, and when Dr Mahathir Mohamad took over the reins in the 80s. He wanted to counter PAS, and so the end justifies the means politics were part and parcel of his administration. In the later stages of Mahathir’s premiership, he declared that Malaysia was indeed an Islamic state under Umno.
As for Harapan, the end justifies the means also played a part in its drive to power. Previously when Pakatan Rakyat was formed among PKR, DAP and PAS, it was a marriage of convenience, even though there was an effort to work towards common issues.
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