Mohamad Hasan’s vibes were the sanest to have emerged from Umno
Umno’s deputy president stuck to a middle-of-the-road stance and his proposed test of PAS’s sincerity was shrewd.
Mohamad Hasan, the deputy president of Umno, has taken a moderate stance within the party. His policy address to the youth wings of the party urged a middle-ground approach, avoiding extreme rhetoric. Tok Mat, as he is known, emphasized the importance of not alienating non-Malays in the Peninsula and its friends in Sabah and Sarawak.
He cautioned against imposing conservative and radical ideologies on Umno. His proposal for a test of PAS's sincerity in potential collaboration was well-calibrated. His suggestion that PAS dissolve the Terengganu state assembly and allow Umno to contest half the seats in a future election is not far-fetched, given PAS's greater willingness for such a collaboration.
However, this remains a matter for PAS to decide, considering Umno's nationalist outlook and PAS's religious stance. The two parties' ideologies are too divergent to coexist easily, with Umno favoring modernism and PAS leaning towards obscurantism.
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