Political wisdom of Tok Guru

I could see why UMNO is so enthusiastic about the unity talks with PAS as proposed by Nasharrudin. UMNO is losing supports while Pakatan Rakyat is gaining popularity with days. It is therefore logical for UMNO to destabilize Pakatan Rakyat before the coalition becomes stronger. Remember the divide-and-rule trick used by the British during the colonial time? By pulling PAS out of Pakatan Rakyat, there will not be a strong coalition to pose a serious threat to UMNO.

I suppose UMNO is also not really interested in the unity talks. They have been in the political supremacy in this country over the past many decades and for sure they can’t stomach the fact that they are slowly losing out supports of the people. There is a hidden agenda. The unity talk is aimed to destabilize the Pakatan Rakyat by creating fractions among the coalition formed by PKR-PAS-DAP. With time, the Pakatan Rakyat is gaining the recognition of the multi-racial community as a probable alternative to Barisan Nasional. The unity talks will cause the Chinese dominated DAP to be in a dilemma. If PAS is pulling out, Pakatan Rakyat will surely lose a large supports from the Muslim voters and DAP will be back to square one as a Chinese predominated party without strong supports particularly from Muslim community.

It takes a wise man with wisdom such as Tok Guru Nik Aziz to disperse the dark clouds looming at the Pakatan Rakyat. The stern utterance of Tok Guru to ask Nasharuddin to quite PAS and join UMNO has somehow reaffirmed the commitment of PAS to Pakatan Rakyat. As a result, DAP and PKR can now be relieved from a possible breakaway.