Gerakan – a clever move or a decorative item in PN?

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PETALING JAYA: Gerakan’s decision to join Perikatan Nasional and the sudden acceptance by the coalition has raised some eyebrows, and political pundits say Gerakan would be a “nice decorative item of multiracialism” in what is seen as a Malay-Muslim coalition.

They have questioned the timing of the move, though.

Political analyst Kenneth Cheng said Gerakan president Dominic Lau Hoe Chai had already voiced his intentions to join PN on numerous occasions since last year.

“Muhyiddin Yassin should have agreed to the request much sooner but the delay may be worth pondering. Are Barisan Nasional (comprising Umno, MIC and MCA) and PN (PAS and PPBM) driftng apart and is Muhyiddin in need of a Chinese-based party to replace MCA?,” he asked.


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