Malay proclamation signing: Political parties leveraging issues to gain support, say analysts

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Institute of Ethnic Studies founding director Prof Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin said Malaysian politics have shifted from coalition-based politics of the past, to the current strategic group-based politics.

He said all political parties in the country were pushing and pursuing their own strategies and interests of the leadership, most of the time, as opposed to the interests of the party in entirety.PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang, was accompanied by several other party leaders, including the Islamist party’s secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan, during the signing.

Terengganu-based political commentator Dr Azmi Omar said it showed those who signed the Malay proclamation were going for a “common enemy” upon realising that the best weapon was uniting the Malays. He added Dr Mahathir must have observed how Perikatan was favoured by the Malays in the last general election and saw it as a catalyst to strengthen Pejuang’s positioning.

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