Can't compare Pakatan Harapan with BN, says Rahman Dahlan
BN strategic communications director Abdul Rahman Dahlan said he was not surprised by PAS' refusal to reconcile with Pakatan Harapan as the opposition bloc cannot be compared with the BN government when it comes to policies.
"Can you name me any of their policies in the past six (years), be it Pakatan Harapan or Pakatan Rakyat? Any new policies announced? Zero. They have only been playing politics," he said.
BN strategic director Abdul Rahman Dahlan said he was not surprised by PAS' refusal to reconcile with Pakatan Harapan as the opposition coalition cannot be compared with the BN government when it comes to policies.
"Can you name me any of their policies in the past six (years), be it Pakatan Harapan or Pakatan Rakyat? Any new policies announced? Zero. They have only been playing politics," he said.
The Umno minister said Harapan could not offer an alternative to the people as they would not survive for long due to differences in ideology.
"I think Malaysians know that Pakatan Harapan is in a mess. They have no solutions, programmes and an approach that would pose a formidable challenge to BN," Rahman said at a press conference.
"We may have weaknesses here and there, but we are consistent, we have a clear direction and we are firm in our programmes for the people. We know how to respect each other and we work as a team," he said.
There have been calls for the opposition to arrive at one-to-one fights after the twin by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar, as well as the Sarawak state polls.
BN retained the Sarawak state government by winning 72 out of 82 seats, reclaiming five seats from DAP.
BN also won Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar seats, with 9,191 and 6,969 majority votes respectively.
PAS only obtained 21.78 percent of total votes in Sungai Besar and 24.4 percent of total votes in Kuala Kangsar.
Meanwhile, Amanah secured only 24 percents of total votes in Sungai Besar and 20.9 percent votes in Kuala Kangsar.
PAS vice-president Iskandar Samad had admitted that the Islamist party cannot go into the 14th general election on its own.
But two days ago, party vice-president Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said there were no plans to reconcile with Harapan.
The Kelantan deputy menteri besar said the twin polls proved that the Islamic party enjoyed the support of its core supporters.
Meanwhile, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali said opposition parties including PAS must reach a consensus, even if this would be a difficult task.
