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Salleh: No foul language for political points, please

Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak today hit out at opposition leaders who use offensive language in condemning Umno and Barisan Nasional supporters.

He also questioned the need to resort to such an act only because of political differences and rivalry.

“Mat (Mohamad) Sabu condemns religionists who are with Umno and BN as having a damned ideology, Mahathir (Mohamad) has issued a fatwa saying that it’s a sin to vote for PAS and BN, while Muhyiddin (Yassin) has called Umno and BN people as coming from the (pre-Islamic) ‘age of ignorance’.

“As political leaders who struggle for the people, we need not use abusive language. Enough for us to outline the direction of our party’s struggle, and criticise the weaknesses of the BN government.

“I think this is a more civilised thing to do than calling each other names and using uncivilised language,” he said in a blog posting.

Salleh, who is also Umno treasurer, said Mat Sabu, Mahathir and Muhyiddin’s actions would only make DAP happy, who they think can help them capture Putrajaya.

However, he said, such an assumption was wrong and a political strategy like that was inappropriate to capture Putrajaya.

“The people are fed up with such politics of hate.

“What they yearn for is mature politics, politics of using issues and campaign strategies in a civilised manner and which touches on the people’s needs, and championing them,” he said.

- Bernama

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