00:00Bersatu has no choice but to join a pro-Najib Razak rally organized by PAS due to declining
00:07support within Perikatan Nasional, according to a political analyst.
00:12James Chin of the University of Tasmania said Bersatu needs to do everything it can to remain
00:17relevant to the masses amidst PAS' rising dominance.
00:22While Bersatu President Muhyiddin Yassin may not be pleased with the coalition's component
00:26parties and his own party members' attendance at the rally, Chin said he is in a weak position
00:31to oppose PAS' support for Najib since PAS' influence far exceeds that of Bersatu.
00:38The rally will coincide with Najib's application to the Court of Appeal for leave to adduce
00:43fresh evidence in his appeal to be placed under house arrest, as purportedly decreed
00:47by former Yang di-Pertuan Agong al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.
00:53Last Saturday, Bersatu Information Chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz said party leaders and
00:58members were free to join the rally outside the Palace of Justice in the spirit of national
01:03reconciliation.
01:04However, both Chin and Azmil Taib of University Science Malaysia dismissed claims of national
01:10reconciliation and expressed doubt on Najib's ability to unify the major Malay Muslim parties.
01:17Azmil suggested that the rally aims to create discord within the unity government and sees
01:22Najib's house arrest appeal as a pretext for Muhyiddin to destabilize the government.
01:28Danish Raja Reza, FMT News.
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