Bersatu considering action against supreme council member

Sheridan Mahavera Sheridan Mahavera Updated 4 years ago · Published on 29 Aug 2019 8:37PM · 5 Comments

Prime Minister and Bersatu party chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad says that anyone tarnishing the party image will be investigated by the disciplinary committee. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, August 29, 2019.

BERSATU is considering disciplinary action against supreme council member Dr Rais Hussin for his recent remarks about the Pakatan Harapan ruling coalition losing to the Umno-PAS alliance if a snap election were to be called.

Party chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad said members who made statements that tarnished the party’s image will be investigated by its disciplinary committee.

“Members, especially those who hold positions in the party, must be careful when making public statements,” Dr Mahathir told reporters after chairing a Bersatu supreme council meeting today.

“If such statements tarnish the party’s image, action will be taken.

“They can offer their analysis but statements such as that PH will lose the next general election, that brings down the party’s image,” Dr Mahathir said.

When asked whether he was referring to Rais, who had recently made a similar statement, Dr Mahathir said: “Maybe.”

Yesterday, Rais had warned that should an election be held now, the pact would lose.

“We have to start listening to the people, we are now doing what Barisan Nasional used to do, we are failing,” the former chief strategist said at a Post GE14 by-elections: Implications for GE15 panel session in Gombak, Selangor, yesterday.

The Bersatu supreme council member warned that if a snap election were to be held now, the Umno-PAS pact would easily sweep the votes.

“Given the current sentiment, if we were to have an election tomorrow, the new Umno-PAS pact would win, hands down.”

He reminded his coalition colleagues that having power alone was not enough and that it was crucial to address pertinent issues.

These issues, Rais said, included cost of living, quality of life, job creation and unemployment, affordable housing and healthcare.

The government, he said, was misplacing its priorities by highlighting things such as the flying car and third national car projects, and creating jobs through Indonesia’s motorcycle ride-hailing company Go-Jek. – August 29, 2019.

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  • An autocrat cant change his style, hope his intent is holy and good for Malaysians. Lynas case is not acceptable to most Malaysians by giving an excuse in the name of may scare off investors. He is more concern about Bersatu strength than anything else. Without meritocracy and right values system and national unity , how can we progress fast?

    Posted 4 years ago by James Wong · Reply

  • cant even speak out? so BN style. Rais is so right...

    Posted 4 years ago by . . · Reply

  • A strong Bersatu does not bode well for Malaysia.

    Posted 4 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Gestapo style again? Come on lar Old Horse.... give your members some space to speak out. Why are you always wielding the whip and cane?

    Posted 4 years ago by Alex Lim · Reply

  • There's totally no harm to speak up even though the subject highlighted is going against the main stream as long as its been voice out orderly, with facts, rationale and in a non provocative manner. Different in opinion and ideas, approaches are healthy as long as its confined to the proper norms. Gone are the days where one can't voice out his/her opinion and its high time we do away with it.

    Posted 4 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply