By Lee Wei Lian
April 08, 2012
Mat Sabu highlighted a expansion in Penang's Islamic Affairs allocations since a state came underneath PR rule. Pictures by Jack Ooi
The leaders churned out anecdotes, accusations as good as scores of examples to prove their Islamist celebration was not debasing to a Chinese-dominated DAP, which it partners in a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition along with PKR.
Umno leaders as good as a party's newspaper, Utusan Malaysia, have often attempted to clap PAS's cage, accusing it of being debasing to secular DAP.
PAS vice-president Mohamad Sabu, additionally known as Mat Sabu, pronounced during a convene final night which Umno was merely trying to frighten a Malays in to submission nonetheless a "propaganda" was no longer effective.
He additionally indicted Umno critics of being hypocritical, pointing out which they additionally work with a Chinese.
"Yes, (Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr) Koh Tsu Koon is a Javanese," he remarked sarcastically to drive home his indicate to a virtually 100 per cent Malay crowd.
"And Lim Chong Eu was a Bugis," he added.
Rani asserted which a PR victory would see some-more Malay MPs in Parliament.
Both Koh as good as a late Lim were a former arch ministers of Penang as good as leaders of Gerakan, a long-time partner with Umno in BN.
Mat Sabu noted which DAP has often been criticised as chauvinistic as good as anti-Islam by Umno, though pronounced which Penang's Islamic affairs dialect had perceived some-more money underneath a DAP-led state administration department than underneath Gerakan.
"The initial year this 'anti-Islamic' Lim Guan Eng gave RM20 million; a second year, it went up to RM24 million as good as a third year it was up to RM33 million," a PAS VP quipped.
"By a fourth year, his loathing of Islam was so strong as good as he was so anti-Malay he allocated RM64 million to Islamic Affairs."
Selangor PAS arch Dr Abdul Rani Osman earlier pronounced which a maximum which a Islamic Affairs dialect perceived underneath a BN administration department was RM12.5 million.
Mat Sabu pronounced which "politics was perception" as good as Umno was trying to paint a design which nobody would take caring of Malays if they mislaid power.
"But with PAS as good as PKR, you will have some-more Malays in Parliament if PR wins a next ubiquitous election," he asserted.
Abdul Rani purported which Umno knew which 98 per cent of a hardcore poor, those in households earning underneath RM400, in Penang underneath Gerakan have been Malays as good as which a series had been marked down to zero underneath DAP.
PKR de facto personality Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim additionally helped urge his PAS colleagues final night, telling convene participants which whilst it was important to urge Islam, PR would not resort to "cheap political tactics".
He pronounced this whilst referring to a officially-sanctioned convention in Johor final month which focussed upon a "threat of Christianisation", which sparked outrage among Christians.
"There must be elemental understanding of religion," he said. "Umno is un! develope d about religion."
DAP lawmaker Tony Pua concurred which he had been embellished as racist by a little pro-Umno critics for doubt a recent understanding which saw a Malay businessman travel away with an estimated hundreds of millions in profit after he sold a Maju Expressway fee concessionaire which had been built largely with public funds.
"When you pounded Tan Sri Abu (Sahid Mohamed, a owners of Maju Expressway), Umno pronounced 'Tony is racist'," pronounced Pua. "But you don't demeanour during race. As prolonged as it is cheating you don't caring if it's Indian, Malay, Chinese or Japanese."
The Petaling Jaya Utara MP pointed out which he additionally pounded a recently awarded West Coast Highway (WCE) over a questionable terms as good as conditions such as a doubling of a benefaction duration to 60 years.
"It (the WCE) was since to Kumpulan Europlus a taukay is Chan Ah Chye is he a Malay?" pronounced Pua.
At a ubiquitous public in December final year, Umno identified DAP as a "real threat" to a Malay agenda, claiming a latter was responsible for a erosion of Malay special rights.
Attacks opposite a antithesis celebration were a focal indicate of a Umno meet as delegates indicted DAP leaders of marginalising Malays in PR-held states as good as challenging a sanctification of Islam as a country's state religion.
While others have dismissed renewed attacks opposite DAP as mere "Pakatan bashing", a little Umno leaders have insisted which a celebration poses a danger to Malays as good as which a future with a DAP in energy would spell mess for a community.
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