A victory obtained by hook or by crook, or hooked by crooked means, is a crook’s victory.
DAPSY is gravely concerned with the statement made by Tan Sri Rashid Abdul Rahman during his winding up address at the BERSATU Convention.
His assertions that patronage of government positions and projects be channeled to BERSATU division leadership as a way to strengthen their capacity to win the next election, ‘by hook or by crook’.
This is absolutely against the very values and foundation of HARAPAN. We are sure Tan Sri Rashid’s expressed views do not represent BERSATU.
We are in full support of, and mirror the response of ARMADA’s subsequent clear and concise rejection of Tan Sri Rashid’s representations.
That is not the type of victory that HARAPAN fought for all this while, and certainly won’t be how we will obtain victory in the future.
We must purge all forms of patronage politics, and those in HARAPAN who show signs of practicing and promoting it.
That we must. By hook or by crook!