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Monday, 28 July 2008 07:32am |
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IPOH: Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin welcomes the idea
of dissolving PAS as long as Umno is willing to do the same.
Nizar, who is Perak PAS deputy commissioner, said Umno should be willing to
disband and form a new party with PAS based on Islamic principles.
“That means it must be a party which does not discriminate based on race, colour,
creed and culture,” he told reporters after the closing of the state PAS
convention here yesterday.
“It must be a party where decisions are made on the principles of justice and
accountability. There would be no corruption, no misappropriation, no abuse of
power,” he added.
Nizar said Umno was a party that championed Malay nationalism and that was why
PAS and Umno could not work together.
“But if both parties were to disband and mutually agree on an Islamic policy,
then it can be done,” he added.
He was commenting on PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat’s
suggestion that Umno and PAS be dissolved and that a new party be formed to
unite all Malays.
Asked if forming the new party was necessary in the present political climate,
Nizar replied that one had to be “open minded”.
“We have seen that many previous man-made administrations have failed to
cultivate a harmonious society. But there is an alternative to look at which is
through the principles of Islam.”
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Circular No 304/2008
This is a sight to behold. Pas, a splinter party of the Malay nationalist Umno in the 1950s, is now telling Umno to disband before they regroup.
The religious-based Opposition party is also dictating the terms of regrouping - no discrimination on race, colour, creed and culture.
It is also spelling out superb rules of engagement where decisions are made on the principles of justice and accountability - no corruption, no misappropriation, no abuse of power.
Seems to me like the tail wagging the head of the cat. But then, are we not living in interesting times? Look properly, It may be that Pas has become the head, so it is not such a sight to behold after all. But is it?
Stephen Tan Ban Cheng