Hadi Awang’s ‘problematic KL’ remark slammed as ‘cheap shot’
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s claim that Kuala Lumpur is “problematic” because of DAP and its Pakatan Harapan (PH) allies has been labelled as a “cheap shot” that fuels divisive narratives.
Setiawangsa MP and former natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad noted that the remark had come from a senior leader of the opposition “who has been absent from Parliament”.
“This is a different PAS from the Nik Aziz Nik Mat era. Malays already form the largest community in KL, yet PH remains dominant,” he said, in countering Hadi’s claim that DAP and other PH components still harped on racial issues.
“PAS is still unable to make a breakthrough because many Malays in KL reject PAS,” he told FMT.
On Wednesday, Hadi told the Dewan Rakyat that “Kuala Lumpur is problematic due to DAP,…
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