05-07-2023, 09:02 AM
When two dividers get together to urge unity
From Terence Netto
Last week, two perennial sources of division in Malaysian society got together to sign a proclamation that urged Malays to unite in order to save race and country.
We know that politics does throw up strange bedfellows but the notion of Dr Mahathir Mohamad teaming up with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to counsel Malay unity places a severe strain on credulity.
Their track records in the country’s post-May 13 history are an inventory of division, a blight that has followed them throughout their careers.
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Last week, two perennial sources of division in Malaysian society got together to sign a proclamation that urged Malays to unite in order to save race and country.
We know that politics does throw up strange bedfellows but the notion of Dr Mahathir Mohamad teaming up with PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to counsel Malay unity places a severe strain on credulity.
Their track records in the country’s post-May 13 history are an inventory of division, a blight that has followed them throughout their careers.
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