00:01Ex-Law Minister Zayed Ibrahim has proposed a formation of a new group to unite the Malays,
00:07saying past efforts by former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad failed to achieve the desired results.
00:14In a post on X, he said Mahathir's push to consolidate Malay political forces had unsurprisingly failed to achieve meaningful electoral success,
00:23pointing to parties such as UMNO and PAS, which he said continued to prioritize their individual agendas at the expense of broader unity.
00:32He said the solution lies not in reviving tired structures, but in building something new and credible.
00:39Zayed proposed the formation of a leadership cohort comprising 20 capable Malaysians,
00:44adding that members of this group should be below the age of 50 with success in their respective fields,
00:50whether politics, business, academia, civil society or entrepreneurship.
00:55He said this group should be presented as the nucleus of a future national leadership,
01:00with a clear and practical blueprint for Malaysia, focused on education reform, economic revitalization, technological advancement and fiscal prudence.
01:10Yesterday, Mahathir said that he would invite UMNO members to join his new Malay Unity Alliance
01:15in an effort to restore Malay power in the government.
01:18He said the Big Tent Alliance, which included PAS and Bersatu, would not be a formal political party for now,
01:25but a loose coalition to rally the Malays in an effort to save the community from what he described as political and economic decline.
