Back to path of moderation


Party matters: Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre), Mohamad (on Zahid’s left) and other supreme council members acknowledging the delegates before the closed-door presidential briefing. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno’s decision to work with Pakatan Harapan to form a unity government was to return Malaysia to the path of moderation, with formal political cooperation no longer relevant in a fluid political landscape, says party deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan.

He said the just-concluded general election had seen race and religion becoming campaign tools for certain political parties, to the point of being extreme.

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