00:00 An analyst has called on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to emulate Selangor's Executive Council
00:05 and tweak his cabinet to minimise DAP's perceived dominance in Putrajaya.
00:10 Akademi Nusantara's Azmi Hassan said this is the biggest thumping block in Pakatan Harapan
00:16 gaining support from Angkor's grassroots.
00:18 The DAP has been very tolerable or very quiet
00:23 because they know the alternative is not so rosy
00:26 if they've been too dominant, too vocal in the federal government.
00:30 But from the angle of the Malay voters, they look that the DAP is too dominant.
00:36 So I guess in the long term, the tweaking of cabinet reshuffle must reflect
00:43 what Datuk Seri Amiruddin Syari done at the ex-SKU level, at the state Selangor ex-SKU level.
00:51 Meaning that to show that, no, no, UMNO is the dominant, but to show that PKR,
00:56 AMANA plus UMNO can control DAP.
01:01 I think that's the long term strategy.
01:04 Because to strengthen UMNO alone is going to be very, very difficult.
01:09 But combination of PKR and also AMANA, it will create a sense of strength.
01:17 The Selangor ex-SKU comprises seven Malay ex-SKU members, two Chinese and one Indian.
01:23 All three non-Malay representatives are from DAP.
01:26 Azmi was responding to a comment by UMNO Supreme Council member Nur Jazlan Muhammad.
01:31 Jazlan had said that Pulai UMNO members may withhold their support for UMNO's Suhaizan Kayat
01:37 in the September 9th parliamentary by-election because of this perception.
01:41 Meanwhile, James Chin from the University of Tasmania said
01:44 that UMNO's continuous demonization of DAP over the years
01:47 has made it hard for its grassroots supporters to come to terms with their present partnership.
01:52 UMNO members just cannot accept UMNO suddenly turning around to work with their permanent enemy.
02:00 Natasha Bust, FMT News.
02:01 (whooshing)
