00:00PKR's Taufik Johari accused Perikatan Nationale of attempting to portray itself as a unifier of
00:08the Malay community following a PAS leader's defense of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's new alliance
00:13aimed at restoring Malay power in the government. In a statement, Taufik said both Mahathir and PAS
00:20had divided the community many times before. He said Mahathir had quit UMNO to form Bersatu and
00:26then Pudjuang, all three of them Malay-based parties. He said PAS meanwhile had broken up
00:32Muafakat Nationale, an alliance between the Islamic party and UMNO, the country's two largest Malay
00:38Muslim parties. He said PAS Deputy President Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man's support for Mahathir's call
00:45for a new coalition was a desperate and provocative act. Last night, Tuan Ibrahim said Mahathir's
00:52new platform was key to uniting the Malays, arguing that the proliferation of political parties
00:58enabled by the democratic system was a key cause of disunity within the community.
01:04On Wednesday, Mahathir announced a new loose coalition, which would include PAS and Bersatu
01:09to rally the Malays in an effort to save the community from what he described as political
01:14and economic decline.
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