Repent, disown DAP and we will embrace you, PAS tells Dr M
Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad must repent for his actions and make good on all the wrongs he had committed against PAS in the past, and disown all links with DAP, if he wanted to court the Islamic party.
PAS research director Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki said in a statement that even though Mahathir was one of those most responsible for victimising the Islamic party during the 1977 Kelantan emergency declaration, Memali tragedy, revocation of oil subsidy and others, he believed redemption was still possible for the former premier.
"PAS is prepared to forgive anyone who is willing to make right past wrongs and champion the very people victimised by their previous actions," he said.
But while PAS was prepared to accept a repentant Mahathir, Zuhdi reiterated the party's belief that there was no redemption for DAP.
Zuhdi said PAS had always tried to call for a return to governance by the Quran and Sunnah, which was the cure to all of Malaysia's ills, but noted that parties like DAP, MCA and Gerakan's refusal to accept Islamic governance continued to be a stumbling block to reforms that would really save Malaysia.
Zuhdi says DAP, MCA and Gerakan's refusal to accept Islamic governance continue to be a stumbling block to reforms.
Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad must repent for his actions and make good on all the wrongs he had committed against PAS in the past, and disown all links with DAP, if he wanted to court the Islamic party.
PAS research director Mohd Zuhdi Marzuki said in a statement that even though Mahathir was one of those most responsible for victimising the Islamic party during the 1977 Kelantan emergency declaration, Memali tragedy, revocation of oil subsidy and others, he believed redemption was still possible for the former premier.
"PAS is prepared to forgive anyone who is willing to make right past wrongs and champion the very people victimised by their previous actions," he said.
But while PAS was prepared to accept a repentant Mahathir, Zuhdi reiterated the party's belief that there was no redemption for DAP.
Zuhdi said PAS had always tried to call for a return to governance by the Quran and Sunnah, which was the cure to all of Malaysia's ills, but noted that parties like DAP, MCA and Gerakan's refusal to accept Islamic governance continued to be a stumbling block to reforms that would really save Malaysia.
"In my opinion, this is what is sabotaging efforts to build relations between PAS and Bersatu. For while (Bersatu president) Muhyiddin Yassin works to kindle that link, Mahathir continues to fall into DAP's trap, which even he once called chauvinist and anti-Islam," said Zuhdi.
Any efforts to uphold Islam as the real solution to present national problems, including its integrity crisis, could never succeed if DAP was involved, he added.
And while toppling an individual, like Mahathir wants to do to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, would not necessarily solve Malaysia's systemic failures in governance, alienating DAP would most certainly help make any reform a success, reasoned Zuhdi.
However, Zuhdi refused to comment on who was worse off between Mahathir and Najib, as he believed both have their own particular set of baggage and legacies.
Mahathir and his party Bersatu have been courting PAS, hoping to build a grand opposition coalition to face off against BN in the next national polls.
However, they have not been making headway, as Mahathir accused some in the Islamic party of sabotaging the talks to spite him, leading to the former premier to declare that PAS was a lost cause and gearing up to face three-cornered fights in GE14.
