04-18-2021, 11:11 AM
From Clement Stanley
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When I was growing up, I went to see the movie “None but the Brave” starring Frank Sinatra, about some American and Japanese soldiers coming to a truce while stranded on a small island in the Pacific during World War 2.
The gist of the story was the question of whether they could deal with the distrust, suspicion, manoeuvres, tension and hatred for each other as they were sworn enemies. Sounds familiar?
Umno and PAS were once sworn enemies. It got so bad that the unforgettable “Amanat Hadi Awang” declared that Umno were kafirs (infidels). Both sides maintained their disdain and mistrust of each other until they both ended up in the opposition while Pakatan Harapan were in power and declared a truce to establish Muafakat Nasional (MN).
The agreement was designed to principally capture the Malay votes at the 15th general election. The idea was to take on PH head-on thereby making it possible for Umno and PAS to form the new government.
After all at GE14, Malay support was overwhelmingly in favour of the two parties compared to Malay support for PH. Subsequent by-
elections in any case pointed in that direction.
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When I was growing up, I went to see the movie “None but the Brave” starring Frank Sinatra, about some American and Japanese soldiers coming to a truce while stranded on a small island in the Pacific during World War 2.
The gist of the story was the question of whether they could deal with the distrust, suspicion, manoeuvres, tension and hatred for each other as they were sworn enemies. Sounds familiar?
Umno and PAS were once sworn enemies. It got so bad that the unforgettable “Amanat Hadi Awang” declared that Umno were kafirs (infidels). Both sides maintained their disdain and mistrust of each other until they both ended up in the opposition while Pakatan Harapan were in power and declared a truce to establish Muafakat Nasional (MN).
The agreement was designed to principally capture the Malay votes at the 15th general election. The idea was to take on PH head-on thereby making it possible for Umno and PAS to form the new government.
After all at GE14, Malay support was overwhelmingly in favour of the two parties compared to Malay support for PH. Subsequent by-
elections in any case pointed in that direction.
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