Mega rally to celebrate PAS-Umno pact also to unite Muslims, leaders say

Nabihah Hamid Nabihah Hamid Updated 6 years ago · Published on 30 Jun 2019 7:00AM · 5 Comments

PAS and Umno leaders say their upcoming mega rally to celebrate the two parties' cooperation is also a rally to unite Malay Muslims. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 30, 2019.

UMNO’S plans to celebrate its political cooperation with PAS with a mega rally will be fine-tuned when both parties meet in July, PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said.

He said the rally would be an important gathering to mark the new-found relationship between the two Malay-Muslim parties.

“The main organising committee will have their second meeting next month.

“The message of the gathering is ‘Unity of the Ummah’ to strengthen the Malay agenda, Islamic agenda and national unity,” he told The Malaysian Insight.

Plans for the mega rally were first announced by Umno’s Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, who is the party’s organiser for the event, which promises to be even larger than the rally to protest the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) on December 8.

Tajuddin also said the charter on Umno-PAS cooperation would be launched at the rally.

This comes after PAS and Umno formally sealed their political cooperation at the Islamist party’s annual congress earlier this month. The motion for both parties, who were traditionally rivals, to work together was passed by delegates at the congress.

PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said the coming rally was important to create awareness about Malay-Muslim solidarity.

“The aim is to mobilise the Malays and Muslims to a gathering to understand the importance of unity among the ummah (believers).

“There is no other motive for the rally, it’s not to threaten (anyone or any other parties),” he told The Malaysian Insight.

Other Umno leaders have also welcomed the event, with Perak Umno chairman Saarani Mohamad saying it was proof that PAS and Umno can set aside their rivalry to work together.

“It shows there is an understanding between Umno and PAS. We will continue to help one another.”

Umno Supreme Council member Jalaluddin Alias said the rally was preparation for the next general election, which must be called by early 2023.

“With a formal charter, it shows we are prepared to face the 15th general election,” the Jelebu MP said.

PAS Youth member Khairil Nizam said the rally was not about being racists or upholding a particular race.

“This is not a gathering of racists. We want to tell non-Muslims not to be afraid. Our political enemies are bound to claim that the rally is a racist gathering.” – June 30, 2019.

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Comments

  • Unite for what? Unite to plunder the country?

    Posted 6 years ago by Yoon Fatt Ng · Reply

  • You can continue to lie, but people are not gullible anymore.

    Posted 6 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Berapa mau curi lagi Semua duit Rakyat UMNO PAS BN SUDAH CURI. Mega rally untuk meraikan BERJAYA MENCURI . Melayu sudah mati akal kalau join PENCURI.

    Posted 6 years ago by Mindy Singh · Reply

  • Call a spade a spade. This rally is a call for your personal political survival.

    Posted 6 years ago by C D · Reply

  • What rally for Ummah?? First of all do Umno and Pas understand your own Malay race. You discarded your culture by trying to be Arabs in all aspect and lost your Malay traditions in dressing of Baju Melayu and Sarong kebaya, you lost your language by trying to speak Arabic in every aspect of praying , normal greeting , to even aping until the cultural practises of Arabs in celebration of birthday and what ever more that makes you look sillily stupid. You discarded your Bahasa Melayu language for feeling great in speaking Arabic in your actions just to be chelup Arab and yet we have Malays politician shouting in frenzy state and looking like a misfit retard in " Pertahankan Bahasa Kita " and show their idiocy in public in not respecting others speaking the international mefia in English and Mandarin when Arab world itself is fully indulging into it . So what are you talking. Totally devoid of moral and plenty of stupidity. The better half of Malay races better knock some senses into the pea brains of their other hakvws before they drag their own race into destructions

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply