PETALING JAYA: PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang’s remark that the Opposition has the right to plan the government’s downfall risks being taken as a sign that Perikatan Nasional’s ambition is to seize federal power before the five-year term is up, say political observers.
They said it also might create political uncertainty and instability, which could jeopardise Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s attempts to restore the confidence of international investors that had taken a hit due to years of Malaysia’s political turmoil.
He added that Abdul Hadi’s comment could also be a strategy to drum up support for the upcoming six state elections to show that the Opposition was able to wrest federal power legitimately if there was a trust crisis in the Federal Government. Senior lecturer Dr Mazlan Ali of the Perdana Centre of the Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia said that in the Westminster parliamentary system, the Opposition had a duty to conduct checks and balances to keep the government accountable.
“Toppling the government in a way that contradicts democracy such as by getting a vote of no confidence, collecting statutory declarations and government supporters who are no longer loyal, is not right. “This also portends that the government can be sabotaged at any time, including during the Umno elections,” he said.
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