KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident that the cooperation agreement among political parties to establish the Unity Government will be long-lasting.
Ahmad Zahid, who is also UMNO president and chairman of Barisan Nasional (BN), said his party agreed to the cooperation as long as it had elements of defending Islam, Malay special rights, status of Bahasa Melayu as the national language and the sovereignty of the Royal Institution.
He said the the elements were the prime concern of BN when negotiations were held with Pakatan Harapan (PH).
"When the agreement was signed by the various (political) parties, the matter was never compromised, and was even deemed as the first foundation of the agreement not only for now, but for the long term," he said on the special interview programme 'Jawab, Saya Tanya!' entitled 'Political Reconciliation: What's in it for the Country? which was broadcast live on the Facebook and YouTube pages of NRChannel TV, last night.
On Dec 16, the five major political parties, namely PH, BN, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and Parti Warisan (Warisan) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Putrajaya to form a Unity Government.
The MoU was signed by the respective secretaries-general, namely Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail of PH, Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir (BN), Datuk Masidi Manjun of (GRS), Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi (GPS) and Datuk Loretto Padua Jr (Warisan), and witnessed by chairmen of the political parties involved.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Zahid said following the 15th general election (GE15) results, UMNO and BN were better off with PH for their long-term struggle.
"In short, the (UMNO) Supreme Council decided that with PN (Perikatan Nasional), there would be more harm as they could contest in the same areas we (UMNO) contest....areas with large numbers of Malay voters.
"We will surely fight in the same arena. We see from the aspect of political analysis and we conducted several projections that there was a huge potential for us to win back the areas in which we lost votes, we can regain the potential," he added.
On being together with PH, he said coalitions in the Unity Government need to move forward and work as a team as long as they were united in thoughts, values and deeds.
Ahmad Zahid also said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim agreed to seek similarities in the manifestos of all parties in the Unity Government so that their cooperation would benefit the people.
According to him, UMNO and BN's aim is to create political stability and ensure the people's prosperity within the new national political alignment.
Ahmad Zahid added that he would explain in further detail to UMNO members about the new political landscape in the country through a policy speech during the UMNO general assembly scheduled to take place from Jan 11 to 14.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Tue Dec 27 2022
On Dec 16, the five major political parties, namely PH, BN, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and Warisan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Putrajaya to form a Unity Government. - BERNAMA
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