Monday July 28, 2008

Perak MB Nizar lauds idea

IPOH: Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin welcomes the idea of dissolving PAS as long as Umno is willing to do the same.

Nizar, who is Perak PAS deputy commissioner, said Umno should be willing to disband and form a new party with PAS based on Islamic principles.

“That means it must be a party which does not discriminate based on race, colour, creed and culture,” he told reporters after the closing of the state PAS convention here yesterday.

“It must be a party where decisions are made on the principles of justice and accountability. There would be no corruption, no misappropriation, no abuse of power,” he added.

Nizar said Umno was a party that championed Malay nationalism and that was why PAS and Umno could not work together.

“But if both parties were to disband and mutually agree on an Islamic policy, then it can be done,” he added.

He was commenting on PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat’s suggestion that Umno and PAS be dissolved and that a new party be formed to unite all Malays.

Asked if forming the new party was necessary in the present political climate, Nizar replied that one had to be “open minded”.

“We have seen that many previous man-made administrations have failed to cultivate a harmonious society. But there is an alternative to look at which is through the principles of Islam.”