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haha no, PAS would not abandon Bersatu, If Anwar want a truce, he must bring Bersatu into the picture, the whole of PN. The better option is for Anwar to build a government without DAP. DAP is actually the real torn for everybody in the government, if we get rid of DAP we will have a stable government, DAP is the kind of parasite that we dont need in a multiracial country like Msia. If Anwar want to suceed he will need PN and he should abandon DAP.

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The position is as clear as broad daylight unless of course you are one of the Sin Chiew types and funded by the NED and Open Societies Foundation. Anwar Ibrahim is committed to turning Malaysia into a Muslim (or Islamic) state where Syariah law will dominate the lives of all Malaysians.

Those who advocated against UMNO and the Barisan are in denial because the truth now sounds a lot more dire than what they had dreamed of under an Anwar Ibrahim 'Reformasi' government. No one bothered to ask Anwar what his ideas of 'Reformasi' were. They just went along for the ride because that's where the action was and it was awash with NED and Open Societies money.

Everyone got their chance of 15 seconds of Warholian fame and it felt good for a time.

Wan Aziza in November 2015 told Al Jazeera's Medhi Hassan it was alright for her to be her husband's seat warmer and that of course Syaria would be introduced under an Anwar government. Anwar is committed to an Islamic state in Malaysia.

Speculating and pontificating about the future of a unification government is evidence of wanton self inflicted ignorance. Anwar needs the Malay majority in a Malay majority country to keep his government afloat. He has no alternative.

The idea of why Anwar has canvassed the pardoning of DS Najib is best explained by long time Sabah Journalist and political commentator Joe Fernandez in a recently published piece, a piece which echoes what I and a few others have repeated ad nauseum since the Najib trial and his jailing. It was a constitutional mess and driven by people like Sri Ram Gopal, Tommy Thomas and others like them who although claiming to be constitutional experts failed to understand why it was wrong.

There is now international concern about the abrogation of due process in Malaysian courts demonstrating a very low calibre of lawyer and judge alike in Malaysia. DS Najib was denied natural justice, due process and his charging, trial and jailing flew in the face of the constitution.

Anwar is beholden to PAS. The destruction of UNMO at the last GE made that possible. PAS has cut through the secularism that was once Malaysia like a hot knife through butter. There is no turning back for Malaysians today. Perhaps if they turned to UMNO that could happen. But would the Malays who are comfortable with an Islamic society want to assist an ungrateful American Regime Sponsored constituency of Indians and Chinese? Only time will tell.

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u right, Anwar should make his peace with Hadi Awang and strengthen the gov with PN....or in other words, he should be part of PN if he want to stay long and abandon DAP.

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Hadi Awang need not subscribe to any coalition or party as they will eventually gravitate towards him and PAS. The systematic abuse of Malays and their privileges and rights under the guise of "more democracy" and "secularism" has not worked. Many have warned over the years that poking the bear in the eye has its consequences.

On the issue of Anwar's wife being rejected as MB of Selangor, of her own material and admissions she and her husband want Malaysia to become an Islamic state.

In Islam the position of someone like Wan Aziza is circumscribed circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government.

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I'm not surprised if such talks between Anwar and Hadi have already happened in secret.

I don't think Hadi and PAS wants to be in the Unity Government but both Anwar and Hadi can emulate Ismail Sabri's approach of cooperation between government and opposition in 2021. Whatever it is, both sides will have to wait until state elections is over. It will be harder for both Anwar and Hadi to sell this cooperation to their own respective parties, coalition partners and supporters.

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In 2014,anwar wanted his wife to be mb of selangor. Sultan ask hadi who should be mb. Hadi didnt put anwar's wifes name.

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