FOR PAS, CHINESE VOTE WAS VITAL BUT NOT THE WHOLE STORY

PAS leader Dr Haron Din’s statement that the Islamic party wants to implement strict Islamic laws, such as the Hudud law, once it takes over the federal government should be rather alarming to non-Muslim society.

The Islamic opposition party once again expressed the desire to turn this majority-Muslim nation into an Islamic state, which can be seen as posting major hindrances to the cooperation of the Pakatan Rakyat especially DAP. The distinct hidden political agenda could prove a major hindrance and discouraged to the emerging of two-party system.

It also clearly shown the marriage of convenience of the DAP, PAS and PKR. Still recovering from a tragedy which struck the BN via the loss of coalition parties’ leaders, the BN is clearly learn a lesson from what had happened as the president of UMNO and BN admit responsibly toward the election setback.

Undeniably, the election shown a majority of voters said race was not an issue for them but with the statement from PAS, the whole political scenario and misperception had changed again, can someone with an extraordinary ability to work across racial lines? Anwar Ibrahim or Abdullah Ahmad Badawi?

Although many analysts not surprised by the racial stratification in balloting, but voters are intelligent now, they do their homework and decided they're not going to vote for the party again.

Can “Pakatan Rakyat” head by Anwar Ibrahim continued to demonstrate broad appeal across racial lines and addressing the PAS’ ulterior motive, particularly among younger and better-educated voters?

Voting for the government along racial line thus is understandable as Malaysian society is a multi-racial society. In the new Malaysia race, can race-based thinking and religion no longer the key issues or otherwise? But what is strange and surprising is, the world first-class mentality of the Malaysian people are still far away especially the PAS leader, who is from the conservative ulama group.

Once again, the critical and serious political questions need us to address arise: Can Anwar Ibrahim once again removes the political hindrances? Can BN grasp the opportunity to establish politically as the best choice for Malaysian?

Ironically, the statement of the PAS leader, who is from the conservative ulama group, was first carried in a report in PAS party organ Harakahdaily and was highlighted in a red wording front-page report in Malaysian largest Chinese newspaper Sin Chew Daily.

Immediately, the MCA President Datuk Seri Ong Kah Ting criticized PAS leader Dr Haron Din’s statement that the Islamic party wants to implement strict Islamic laws, such as the hudud law, once it takes over the federal government.

“This is what we have been cautioning people that PAS has this ulterior motive of trying to force upon the country a system which can’t be accepted by the multi-racial society, especially the non-Muslims. “We strongly condemn this and their partners (in Pakatan Rakyat) need to openly declare the stand regarding what Haron Din has said,” Ong noted.