Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said PN election director Sanusi Nor should simply focus on his administrative duties in Kedah as its menteri besar.KUALA PILAH: Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has advised Perikatan Nasional election director to focus on governing Kedah instead of campaigning for BN and PN in the Negeri Sembilan polls any more.Responding to the brouhaha stirred by Sanusi’s remarks about the loyalty of non-Malays, Zahid said the Kedah menteri besar’s remarks were inappropriate and could cause unrest in Malaysia’s plural society.With just six days left to the state election campaign, Zahid suggested that the PAS election director simply focus on his administrative duties in Kedah.“We have six more days to campaign. I think he would be better off focusing on governing Kedah.“There’s no need to come to Negeri Sembilan. Let us handle this state in our own way,” the Umno president said at a press conference here.Zahid added that a leader like Sanusi should be more mindful about the statements made in public to preserve harmony in a multiracial society.“If his intention is to unite (Malay-Muslims), there’s no need to touch on the ethnicity, religion, culture or background of others in this country.“I’m convinced that the diversity of Malaysians, who come from various backgrounds, is divinely ordained,” he added.At a ceramah two days ago, Sanusi said “Tanah Melayu” was the only homeland for Malays, unlike other ethnic groups, suggesting that the Chinese and Indians could fall back on their ancestral homelands outside Malaysia.The PAS leader drew rebukes from leaders from Pakatan Harapan, MIC and PN component Malaysian Indian People’s Party.
MIC president SA Vigneswaran also urged BN to review its pact with PN for the Negeri Sembilan polls. Pengerusi BN Zahid Hamidi menegur Pengarah Pilihan Raya PN Sanusi Nor supaya memahami kemajmukan rakyat Malaysia adalah perkara sudah ditentukan Allah.KUALA PILAH: Pengerusi Barisan Nasional (BN) Zahid Hamidi mencadangkan Sanusi Nor kembali menguruskan pentadbirannya di Kedah dan tidak perlu datang berkempen di Negeri Sembilan menjelang hari pengundian Sabtu depan.Zahid, yang juga presiden Umno, turut menzahirkan rasa kurang senang dengan kenyataan pengarah pilihan raya Perikatan Nasional (PN) itu sebelum ini membayangkan orang Cina dan India di Malaysia masih mempunyai 'negara asal masing-masing'"Dan kalau boleh, sehingga Sabtu nanti, kita masih ada enam hari lagi. Saya fikir lebih baik beliau menumpukan perhatian kepada urusan mentadbir negeri Kedah."Tidak perlulah datang ke Negeri Sembilan.
Biarlah kami menguruskan negeri ini dengan cara kami sendiri," katanya pada sidang medianya selepas menghadiri program Salam Agrikomoditi Madani di Dataran Melang Kuala Pilah.Pada malam Khamis, Sanusi dilaporkan berkata, “Melayu ada Tanah Melayu ini saja. Orang India ada India, orang Cina ada China, orang Kemboja ada Kemboja, orang Siam ada Thailand. Melayu di sini saja.”Zahid ketika mengulas lanjut, menasihatkan Sanusi tidak perlu menyentuh soal etnik, agama, budaya atau latar belakang kaum lain di negara ini, jika berhasrat memperlihatkan penyatuan dalam kalangan umat."Saya yakin kemajmukan rakyat Malaysia dengan pelbagai latar belakang adalah satu sunnatullah yang telah ditentukan."Malam tadi, Presiden MIC SA Vigneswaran mengecam kenyataan Sanusi dan menyeru BN mengkaji semula pakatan pilihan raya dengan PN, termasuk mempertimbangkan bertanding solo pada PRN akan datang.P Punithan, Presiden Parti Rakyat India Malaysia (MIPP) yang merupakan komponen PN, turut menolak kenyataan Sanusi sambil berkata, Malaysia adalah satu-satunya negara yang dianggapnya sebagai tanah air.
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