Global Courant 2023-05-14 15:50:00
KUALA LUMPUR – Pakatan Harapan Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said on Sunday that Malaysia’s unity government “has not looked back” since its formation six months ago.
He described it as a “strong, stable and functioning government”, as reflected in the call of “dulu lawan, sekarang kawan” (once enemies, now friends) heard in several speeches at the unity government convention on Sunday.
“I was attracted to what my friend Datuk Seri, Dr. Wee Ka Siong, said in his speech,” Datuk Seri Saifuddin said, referring to the slogan used by the president of the Malaysian Chinese Association at the convention.
“Former enemies, now friends. Before that (in the time of Reformasi) it was ‘before friends, now enemies’. At that time we had our own slogan ‘lawan tetap lawan’ (the battle must continue). We need to change that now,” he said.
“What we want to take back from this convention is the confidence that this is a strong, stable and functioning government,” he said.
He said the government has always upheld the tenets of the federal constitution. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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