No, I do not think that most Umno members have accepted being allies with Pakatan, much less as its sidekick: Syaza theSun theSundaily Umno allies acceptance time
: Umno’s grassroots are still wary of its current political alliance with Pakatan Harapan in forming the unity government due to some senior party leaders have differing opinions with Umno’s leadership pertaining the issue.reported that Assistant professor of political science at International Islamic University Malaysia Syaza Syukri evaluated that a third of Umno members remain dubious cooperating with PH in administrating the country.
“We may not know the exact number but our estimate is that at least a third of the delegates are not happy,“ she said. Meanwhile, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research senior fellow Azmi Hassan was of the same opinion and stated that some Umno members are still recovering from PH leaders’ appearance on their territory at 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 pointed out. “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 strategic partner,
“Not contesting the two top positions in Umno means the president’s decision to be with PH is solid,“ Kartini clarified.
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