محضير: برساتو ڤاتوت ڬنتي امنو، بوكن كرجاسام دڠن امنو
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today reminded Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) members that the party was formed to replace UMNO, not to form an alliance with it.
In a special address, the PPBM chairman said the core purpose of the party was to take over responsibilities towards the Malay and Bumiputera community which UMNO had abandoned.
Mahathir urged Bersatu members to rethink their original pledge amid factional tensions within the party that split its support between PH and the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration that Umno is also a part of.
“I hope, on this second anniversary, Bersatu members will reflect on the reason why they joined Bersatu, and that is because they no longer trusted Umno, who now has been taken, through deceitful means, into the government, along with their values,” he said.
PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today reminded Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) members that the party was formed to replace UMNO, not to form an alliance with it.
In a special address, the PPBM chairman said the core purpose of the party was to take over responsibilities towards the Malay and Bumiputera community which UMNO had abandoned.
The address was in conjunction with the anniversary of Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) victory during the 14th general election in 2018.
“We must remember that we established Bersatu not as a mixed party, like other parties. We established Bersatu for the Malays and the Bumiputera because Umno no longer prioritises the Malays and the Bumiputera, that is why Bersatu was established.
“And if we do away with Bersatu, possibly due to the actions of Umno, then the party intended to fight for religion, country and race will be lost, as Umno now only fights to save Datuk Seri Najib,” he was quoted as saying by the Malay Mail Online.
Mahathir urged Bersatu members to rethink their original pledge amid factional tensions within the party that split its support between PH and the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration that Umno is also a part of.
“I hope, on this second anniversary, Bersatu members will reflect on the reason why they joined Bersatu, and that is because they no longer trusted Umno, who now has been taken, through deceitful means, into the government, along with their values,” he said.
The former premier reminded PPBM members that the Perikatan Nasional administration, led by PPBM president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, does not exist.
Mahathir then trained his guns at UMNO, pointing to claims that the party does not support the ruling coalition.
“For Bersatu members, I would like to remind them that when they broke into two factions, the faction that supports the actions of Muhyiddin to form the government should [remember] that Muhyiddin’s promise to form a coalition with Umno and PAS did not come to fruition,” he said, in reference to what Bersatu members had originally hope for.
“And another hope was that when it comes to elections, we would be contesting as a coalition whereby Umno would not challenge the same seats as Bersatu. But now, Umno has said it will contest all its usual seats including those held by Bersatu and former Umno members.
“So what is the position of Bersatu? On the one hand, we do not have the support of Umno, and on the other, we do not have the support of PH.
“So Bersatu is without direction. We have no footing. We do not know where we stand. Of course, if there is an election, Bersatu might not even make it. Bersatu might suffer a horrible loss and the hope of the Malays to replace Umno with another Malay party will be lost,” he said.
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