Gerakan in tough position within Perikatan over brewery donation issue


PETALING JAYA: Gerakan has no choice but to speak out due to it being a multiethnic party, says a political analyst over the spat between Gerakan and PAS over the issue of brewery donations to schools.

International Islamic University Malaysia’s Asst Prof Dr Lau Zhe Wei however said it was common for component parties within a coalition to argue, pointing out how most were formed with groups from different ideologies.

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