Is DAP upholding nation’s interests or its own, asks Takiyuddin

PETALING JAYA: PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (pic) has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to curb the “poisonous narrative” peddled by DAP.

This narrative has brought DAP’s true intentions into question, Takiyuddin added in reference to recent statements by party veterans Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang and Tan Kok Wai.

Lim had said last month that the Federal Constitution does not prevent a non-Malay from being prime minister while Cheras MP Tan said on Sunday (Dec 18) that local government elections should be revived.

“PAS is of the view that the motives of their statements (is) to strengthen DAP’s position and power by abandoning the core values that bound all quarters to sane, moderate and reasonable agendas and political culture,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 19).

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“This confirms the worries of several parties, especially Malays, on DAP’s real intentions and whether or not it is genuine in upholding the interests of the country or is solely prioritising its own interests and parochialism,” he added.

He also reminded Tan that the previous government’s decision to abolish local council elections decades ago, as clearly spelt out in the Local Government Act 1976, aimed to prevent local governments from being controlled by a single ethnic group to prevent racial tensions and disharmony.