Ustaz: Don't forget common enemy Umno
Published: Feb 9, 2015 4:13 PM | Updated: Feb 9, 2015 6:15 PM
A former PAS leader has expressed dismay at Pakatan Rakyat's constant bickering and has reminded all three component parties to focus on their "common enemy" Umno.
"I am following with full puzzlement and concern the recent developments in the relationship among Pakatan Rakyat parties.
A former PAS leader has expressed dismay at Pakatan Rakyat's constant bickering and has reminded all three component parties to focus on their "common enemy" Umno.
"I am following with full bewilderment and concern the recent developments in the relationship among Pakatan Rakyat parties.
"It looks as if some party leaders prefer the fighting among the three parties rather than to fight against Umno-BN.
"When in fact, Umno-BN is the common enemy against which Pakatan was set up to face," said former vice president ustaz Ahmad Awang in an impassioned statement today.
Ahmad, who is also former president of the Ulama Association of Malaysia, said he wasn't sure if the bickering was motivated by certain agendas or in belief that it would strengthen Pakatan.
"If they dispute with full awareness that the dispute will destroy Pakatan, then I feel they have failed to fulfil their duty as leaders who are wise and prudent," he said.
The veteran PAS leader said every one of Pakatan's leaders should focus their efforts to strengthen the opposition in order to protect the interests of the people, whom he said were being victimised by Umno rule.
'PAS has most to gain'
"The people are always pit against one another by Umno-BN through racial issues, until the people are haunted by threats of communal strife and unrest.
"In 1999 (general election) when the majority of the Malays wanted change, Umno-BN planted fear among the non-Malays, and managed to cling on to power through the support of the non-Malays.
"In 2008 and 2013, when the non-Malays in turn wanted change, Umno-BN sowed fear among the Malays, and through that fear Umno-BN once again managed to retain power.
"This proves racial issues are merely Umno-BN's tool and political game," said the ustaz.
He said Malaysians needed to be "freed" from the "clutches of Umno-BN" and this is especially true for Malays and Muslims.
"This is why PAS has all along aimed to take Umno-BN down.
"This is so that the politics of Islam will no longer be based on Malay politics using Islam as a tool, but based on politics of Islam that takes care of the well-being of Malays and all races of the country," he said.
Therefore, he said, PAS was the party that had the most to gain from Umno-BN's demise.
"Therefore, it is most strange if there are those who feel Pakatan does not benefit PAS and the advancement of Islamic politics," he said.
"I am following with full bewilderment and concern the recent developments in the relationship among Pakatan Rakyat parties.
"It looks as if some party leaders prefer the fighting among the three parties rather than to fight against Umno-BN."When in fact, Umno-BN is the common enemy against which Pakatan was set up to face," said former vice president ustaz Ahmad Awang in an impassioned statement today.
Ahmad, who is also former president of the Ulama Association of Malaysia, said he wasn't sure if the bickering was motivated by certain agendas or in belief that it would strengthen Pakatan.
"If they dispute with full awareness that the dispute will destroy Pakatan, then I feel they have failed to fulfil their duty as leaders who are wise and prudent," he said.
The veteran PAS leader said every one of Pakatan's leaders should focus their efforts to strengthen the opposition in order to protect the interests of the people, whom he said were being victimised by Umno rule.
'PAS has most to gain'
"The people are always pit against one another by Umno-BN through racial issues, until the people are haunted by threats of communal strife and unrest.
"In 1999 (general election) when the majority of the Malays wanted change, Umno-BN planted fear among the non-Malays, and managed to cling on to power through the support of the non-Malays.
"In 2008 and 2013, when the non-Malays in turn wanted change, Umno-BN sowed fear among the Malays, and through that fear Umno-BN once again managed to retain power."This proves racial issues are merely Umno-BN's tool and political game," said the ustaz.
He said Malaysians needed to be "freed" from the "clutches of Umno-BN" and this is especially true for Malays and Muslims.
"This is why PAS has all along aimed to take Umno-BN down.
"This is so that the politics of Islam will no longer be based on Malay politics using Islam as a tool, but based on politics of Islam that takes care of the well-being of Malays and all races of the country," he said.
Therefore, he said, PAS was the party that had the most to gain from Umno-BN's demise.
"Therefore, it is most strange if there are those who feel Pakatan does not benefit PAS and the advancement of Islamic politics," he said.
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