Those in PAS who oppose the proposal to form a coalition government with Umno lack an Islamic soul, charged an Umno leader today.

Syed Ali Alhabshee also dismissed them as "arrogant".

 

The Cheras Umno division chief also zeroed in on the Islamic party’s political alliance with DAP.

“Why are some PAS leaders quick to shout (their disapproval) when (their party is) linked with Umno but are willing to conspire with DAP?” he asked in a blog posting.

Syed Ali described the Chinese-majority party as “racist” and accused it of being adverse to seeing the Malay community rise.

Therefore, he said PAS being a party which supposedly champions an Islamic agenda should not have a negative perception towards efforts to unite the two parties.

“If they have souls that champion Islam, they should not reject the proposal to unite for the interests of Muslims,” he added.

According to him, the time has come for PAS and Umno to bury the hatchet with regard to their respective political ideologies and cooperate.

“As a Muslim, I hope that there will be cooperation between Umno and PAS. This is not for personal interests but for the sake of the people and Muslims,” he said.

He added that the feud between the parties which has spanned for more than three decades is not beneficial to the people.

The recent floods, he said, was a reminder on the importance of uniting.

“The floods provided the space for Umno and PAS leaders to sit at the same table to face the test from Allah, this spirit must be retained,” he added.

Syed Ali said he was disappointed that some leaders in PAS preferred to see Muslims in this nation divided because of politics.

He claimed that PAS was willing to be a “tool” of DAP due to personal political interests.

“PAS is dreaming that Pakatan Rakyat will capture Putrajaya in the coming general election and therefore are willing to be ‘yes men’ to DAP even though their pride is belittled,” he said.

Syed Ali was responding to the proposal put forth by Husammuddin Yaacub, who owns the Malay daily Sinar Harian.

The corporate figure, who hails from Kelantan, said the coalition government was the best solution to rebuild the flood ravaged state.

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