A week ago, I suggested that MUDA should co-operate with the Anwar unity government in the six state polls next month.
There have been various responses and reactions, including a reply from Muda President, Syed Saddiq bin Syed Abdul Rahman , but I think it is not too late for Pakatan Harapan and Muda to reach an understanding to avoid a split of votes for the critical six state polls next month.
The results of the six state polls will not lead to the immediate toppling of the Anwar unity government, but it will decide whether Malaysia will reset and return to the original nation-building principles of a plural Malaysia the nation’s founding fathers (which included the first three Prime Ministers of Malaysia who were also UMNO Presidents) had written into the Constitution and Rukun Negara – constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, separation of powers, rule of law, an independent judiciary, Islam as the official religion of the country and freedom of religion for other faiths, good governance, public integrity with minimum corruption, a clean and honest government, meritocracy, respect for human rights, an end to the various injustices and inequalities in the country, a world-class economic, educational, health and social system, and national unity, understanding and harmony from our multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural diversity.
It will decide whether Malaysia can punch beyond its weight and Malaysians be world champions again in various fields of human endeavour, and even more important, be a role model to the world in inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisation dialogue, understanding, tolerance and harmony.
I am retired from front-line politics and I do not know or ask what is happening between Muda and Pakatan Harapan or the Anwar unity government.
But I harbour the hope that Muda will work in co-operation with Pakatan Harapan and the Anwar unity government in the six state polls.