
An analyst says PAS and Umno should address Orang Asli problems if they care about human rights. Pic from FMT News.
PETALING JAYA: A political scientist regards the recent PAS and Umno protest against the treatment of the Rohingya in Myanmar to be more of a showcase of their newfound political alliance than a show of concern over a humanitarian crisis.
“Instead of addressing the Rohingya issue, the rally looked more like an attempt to showcase Umno and PAS coming together and working as a political pact rather than a coming together of two parties in the name of human rights,” said Faisal Syam Hazis of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
“If that’s the intention, I think the opposition has the right to question their motives and the kind of image they are trying to portray for themselves.”
Faisal said that there were many pressing national issues that required cooperation beyond partisan politics, such as the plight of the Orang Asli in PAS-governed Kelantan. Read more