The Malaysian Insider

PORT DICKSON, Oct 6 — The people should take note of Kelantan as an example of PAS’ inability to govern a state despite 20 years in power as compared to the impressive track record of the Barisan Nasional (BN), said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said the BN leadership was a proven one as it had brought Malaysia to be among the most developed states in the world in its over 50 years in power.

“If we go to Kelantan, we will be able to see how backward the state governed by PAS is. It also among the poorest states in the country,” he said at a 1 Malaysia Aidilfitri celebration in Bandar Sunggala here tonight.

He said, in the Manik Urai by-election held recently in the state, the BN almost won and this was proof the people of Kelantan were disappointed in PAS, which purportedly wanted to make Kelantan a progressive Islamic state and called it the “Corridor of Mecca”.

Instead, it was an example of poverty and backwardness and this was sufficient proof why the people should choose a party that had the right track record to lead them, he added.

Muhyiddin said other parties may claim to be in a pact but they had no experience in governing and in fact were always quarrelling amongst themselves.

“I won’t be surprised if Selangor (governed by the Opposition coalition of the DAP-PAS-PKR) gets left behind next and that is why we want to tell the voters in this by-election (Bagan Pinang by-election on Oct 11) that this is a good opportunity to show others that the BN’s policies are still relevant and accepted by the people at large,” he said.

He said that although it was only a by-election, it was significant to prove to the world that the people were firmly behind the BN and Umno. — Bernama

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