KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — Umno's grassroots are still tentative about its current political alliance with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the unity government as some senior leaders...
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023 7:00 AM MYT
She said that after decades of painting DAP, which is a component party in PH, as the bogeyman, it would take more than just a few months to erase the vilification. Echoing this, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research senior fellow, Azmi Hassan said some Umno members are still recovering from the shock of PH leaders appearing on their turf during the Seri Pacific Hotel meeting last November.
"This is because DAP has been negatively stigmatised by Umno members, even working with Datuk Seri Anwar has been stigmatised," he added. "The only thing is that DAP is smart enough to know is that the Chinese are still less than 25 per cent of the overall population and have to accept power-sharing and see Umno as a strategic partner to strengthen the party's power and ensure the Chinese business and ownership will sustain and secure. This is just good business. Nothing more," she said.
The outcome of GE15 saw no political sides manage to garner 112 seats to have the simple majority and form the federal government.
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