Umno-PAS pact to strengthen Malay power and identity, says Umno veep
Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin has brushed aside criticisms that Umno’s latest political union with PAS was akin to inbreeding, maintaining that the cooperation is a new chapter in inter-party efforts to strengthen the Malays. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
He also said such a situation saw an erosion of the Malay way of life, thinking and identity as the race no longer held political and economic power.Mohamed Khaled earlier criticised Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia supreme council member Rais Hussin Mohamed Ariff for commenting on the Umno and PAS union as ‘committing incest’.
Mohamed Khaled, who lost his state and parliament seats to Pakatan Harapan in last year’s general election, also rebuked Rais for resorting to such an inappropriate analogy for the sake of political survival.
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