He also says while certain parties may call themselves multi-racial but they can be more racist than race-based ones.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said the new Perikatan Nasional government may have more bumiputera representatives but this does not mean that it will be a government to Malays and Muslims only."It has to be admitted that the number of non-Malays and non-bumiputera are less than before but this does not mean that this will be a Malay Muslim government.
He added that while certain political parties may call themselves multi-racial but they can sometimes be more racist than race-based parties. "Some things are hard to be said. For example, Umno which is regarded as racist had in the past appointed a Chinese to be finance minister.
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