Malays are in danger of becoming "Red Indians" in their own land if PAS and Umno do not cooperate to defend the government from DAP and PKR, former chief justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad warned today.
He said that should Pakatan Rakyat take over Putrajaya, PKR and PAS would not be able to "control" DAP the way Umno "controlled MCA and Gerakan's ambitions".
"Malays will become Red Indians in their own land. Trust me, the threat towards Malays now has never been this serious in the history of the race.
"Now, we are split and being used. PAS and Umno must think about collaborating, uniting or cooperating at least at the federal level to defend the government from falling to DAP and PKR," Hamid said in his speech at the National Unity Convention in Pusat Islam, Kuala Lumpur today.
The convention was organised by a coalition of 58 Malay non-governmental organisations (NGO), who are set to debate a draft of the National Unity Memorandum.
Hamid said that PAS should recall its core struggles, which is to protect Malays and Islam, adding that working alongside DAP and PKR would defeat its purpose.
"DAP cannot be counted on... they are more chauvinistic than MCA and Gerakan.
"PAS and PKR cannot control DAP's ambitions the way Umno controls MCA and Gerakan's ambitions. So PAS must work with Umno."
He said PKR was a lost cause as the party was not interested in fighting for the Malays, but for "just one Malay", in an apparent reference to opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Hamid said that if PAS as well as the Bumiputera of Sabah and Sarawak joined Barisan Nasional's (BN) fold, the federal government could be saved regardless of the Chinese community's overwhelming support for DAP.
However, he added that DAP's Chinese supporters may even change their minds once they calculated the profits and loss involved in aligning themselves with BN.
"The Chinese operate based on loss and profit. That's all they think about. To them, maarof (good) is profit, mungkar (bad) is loss. And we don't want to sideline the Chinese," said Hamid.
He also urged Malaysian Indians to ask themselves if they believed PR could do a better job of serving them compared to BN.
"Umno is on the right track. Umno should continue to be the dominant Malay and Muslim party," said Hamid.
"But the problem is with the leaders. The number one factor that causes people to hate Umno is the perception that they are corrupt."
He said Umno must fix this perception, and allow more young professionals the chance to vie for positions in the party, noting that many had turned to PAS for this reason.
"If this goes on, Umno will run out of leaders," he warned. – November 23, 2014.
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