Rafizi: Pushing tired tropes about Malays will chip away at votes

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Report: Pushing tired tropes about Malays will chip away at votes, Rafizi tells Bersatu senator

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli today claimed that Bersatu’s strategy to stereotype Malays as weak and in need of a protector — similar to Umno — would only backfire on them.

In an interview with Malaysiakini, Rafizi claimed that Bersatu was only parroting Umno in assuming that Malays are “neo-feudal, tribal and possess a protector-complex mentality”.

“It is to Bersatu's detriment if they assume that Malays are neo-feudal and tribal,” he was quoted as saying by the news portal.

His comments came after Bersatu Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal said in an interview published yesterday that Malays would shun a “full-blown” liberal Pakatan Harapan (PH), as they need a “protector” who syncs with their neo-feudal and tribal mentality.

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