KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's two biggest Malay Muslim parties inked a political cooperation on Saturday that they hope will spur the majority community to unite against perceived threats from the Pakatan Harapan government.
"This movement offers a New Deal. This cooperation is the main option to replace a kakistocratic government that has made this country a failed state," Umno president Zahid Hamidi said in his speech just prior to putting pen to paper. But PAS president Hadi Awang dismissed this notion at the event, which was also attended by representatives of non-Muslim opposition parties.
While the two parties may control over two-thirds of the Malay vote, it would be nearly impossible to win a parliamentary majority without MPs from wards with largely non-Muslim voters. Umno has in the past relied on partners in Sabah and Sarawak, where conservative Islam is shunned, to form a government.
The two parties have been at the front line of allegations that PH policies are eroding Malay and Muslim rights and privileges.
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