COMMENT Umno veteran Musa Hitam is being disingenuous in decrying Pakatan Rakyat's use of a statement he made recently that the opposition coalition would not bankrupt the country simply because it would want to be re-elected and avoid being a one-term disaster.

Since airing that view at a Bicara Minda talk organised by Malay daily Sinar Harian and television channel Astro Awani, Pakatan has apparently gone to town with their use of what Musa said about their manifesto in their promotional material for GE13 campaign.

This has had Musa scrambling for cover because the last thing this dyed-in-the-wool member of Umno would want is to become fodder for an opposition campaign that may well upend his beloved Umno...