00:00A political analyst says Garakkan appears to have backtracked from its endeavor to move
00:06away from issues surrounding race and religion after a senior party leader attacked DAP for
00:11not opposing the government's Islamic and Malay agendas.
00:15Lao Zhou Wei of the International Islamic University Malaysia said Garakkan seemed sincere
00:20in wanting to set a new political narrative, but that its goal was impractical.
00:25He also said regardless of the narratives Garakkan chooses to focus on, the party struggled
00:29to win over the non-Malay vote will likely continue.
00:32Academy Nusantara's Azmi Hassan said Garakkan was under pressure to win over the support
00:37of non-Muslims, especially the Chinese, and the easiest way to do this was to vilify DAP.
00:42However, he said Garakkan should reflect more deeply on why it struggles to attract non-Malay
00:47voters, unlike DAP, which continues to retain its support, despite working with UMNO.
00:53Garakkan Deputy President Ohtong Keong was recently reported by Oriental Daily as having
00:58accused DAP of compromising its integrity for the sake of power in the federal government.
01:03Last month, Garakkan President Dominic Lau announced his party's desire to shift its
01:07focus away from race and religious issues towards universal concerns.
01:13Dhanesh Rajareza, FMT News.
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