Call off concerts or we’ll take to the streets: PAS youth chief

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In rare instance, MCA and DAP both agree: PAS must drop the concert issue

IN a rare instance, political arch-enemies MCA and DAP are on the same page about a current affairs issue – this time, over PAS Youth’s insistence that international concerts should not be allowed in Malaysia.

In separate statements today, spokespersons from both parties agreed that PAS Youth chief Ahmad Fadhli Shari must stop “hyping up” regressive, racial issues to “score political brownie points” and “ruin national harmony” in the process.

MCA spokeswoman Saw Yee Fung said the Pasir Mas MP’s call for the Government to ban all international concerts must be repudiated, adding that politicians should not incite emotions, create confrontations or resort to radical means.

“Although inciting emotions and hyping up racial issues are the most direct and cheapest political ploys, our nation’s democratic values, diversity and the spirit of goodwill within our communities will pull us through to rise above any challenges lobbed by extremists,” she said.

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