Multi-ethnic parties struggle to shake off race-based polemics

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GEORGE TOWN – Multi-ethnic parties in the country have not fared well in the past four state elections due to infighting and the inability to shake off the polemics of race and religion, which their rivals are pushing across, observed some political leaders.

However, the issue can be overcome if the parties championing diversity place more focus on the economy, instead of trying to take on race and religious-based parties who use pork barrel politics to obtain support on their terms, said Gerakan vice-president Datuk Baljit Singh.

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