PAS President, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said in his speech at
the opening of the 58th PAS Muktamar this morning that PAS is prepared to take
federal power with its Pakatan Rakyat allies.
Malaysians are at the crossroads in the 13th General Elections, to
decide whether the country should have a new beginning by electing a new
Pakatan Rakyat federal government in Putrajaya or whether the corruption,
abuses of power, injustices and inequalities of the Umno/Barisan Nasional
Government should continue to blight the future, hopes and aspirations of the
people.
There are two pre-conditions if Pakatan Rakyat is to beat
UMNO/Barisan Nasional in the battle for Putrajaya in the 13 General Elections.The Pakatan Rakyat coalition of PAS, PKR and DAP must be able to show
and convince Malaysians of two important differences with the Umno/Barisan
Nasional coalition.
Firstly, that the
Pakatan Rakyat coalition practices the politics of “Unite and Rule” as distinct
from the traditional but divisive and destructive politics of “Divide and Rule”
of UMNO/BN, polarizing instead of uniting Malaysians along racial and religious
lines. Through the politics of lies, falsehoods and fear, UMNO/Barisan
Nasional spread different and conflicting messages among different racial and
religious groups, sowing the seeds of suspicion, distrust and even hatred,
which is totally against the task of Malaysian nation-building.
Among the Malays, UMNO spread the lies and falsehoods that if
Pakatan Rakyat wins in the 13GE, the DAP will be the real “power” in Putrajaya,
that Malay rights would be sacrificed with Malays becoming “beggars in the own
land”, Islam marginalized and the country become a Christian Malaysia, the
system of Malay Rulers abolished and Malaysia will become a republic. In other
words, that the DAP would renege and betray the pledges made in the Pakatan
Rakyat Common Policy Programme and Buku Jingga.
Among the Chinese, MCA is allowed to spread fear with the lies and
falsehoods that PAS will be the real “power” if Pakatan Rakyat wins resulting
in the sacrifice of the political, economic, educational, social, cultural and
religious rights of the non-Malays and non-Muslims. Underlying these lies and
falsehoods is the message that PAS would renege and betray the pledges made in
the Pakatan Rakyat Common Policy Programme and Buku Jingga.
This is a most irresponsible and reckless politicking, completely
heedless of the harm of such “divide and rule” tactics to the Malaysian
nation-building process.
In contrast, the Pakatan Rakyat parties of PAS, PKR and DAP seek
to unite Malaysians, regardless of race, religion or region, with the common
vision and objective – to restore justice, freedom, democracy and good
governance in the country.
Also unlike Barisan Nasional under UMNO hegemony, Pakatan Rakyat
is a coalition of equals which operates on the basis of consensus. There is no
hegemony by any single party in Pakatan Rakyat.
Secondly, we must
convince Malaysians that another great difference with UMNO/BN is that the
Pakatan Rakyat coalition practises the politics of sincerity, honesty and
trust, where our word is our bond, and that none of the three parties in
Pakatan Rakyat, whether PAS, PKR or DAP, would renege or betray the pledges and
commitments we have made in the PR, whether in the Common Policy Programme or
Buku Jingga.
I call on all leaders, members and supporters of Pakatan Rakyat,
whether PAS, PKR or DAP, to commit themselves to give full support to the cause
of effecting change in the 13GE as this is the only way to end the corruption,
abuses of power, injustices and inequalities rampant under UMNO/BN rule.
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