PAS and UMNO Must Sacrifice for Malay-Muslim Unity
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin said PAS and UMNO should make mutual sacrifices to advance Malay-Muslim unity.
- He said the two parties already have broad room to cooperate, including on seat allocation for the next general election.
PAS and UMNO can overcome the challenge of dividing seats for Malaysia’s 16th general election if both parties are willing to sacrifice and act sincerely for Malay-Muslim unity.
PAS spiritual leader Datuk Hashim Jasin said the space for cooperation between the two parties was already wide open. He said they now needed to strengthen that cooperation.
His comments were made in Arau, where the issue of seat distribution between PAS and UMNO was presented as a test of whether the two parties could deepen their political alignment.
The space for unity between PAS and UMNO is already wide open. Both parties only need to nurture that cooperation.
Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.