"These types of propaganda are like the mechanisms of a communist or dictatorial government out to brainwash the people or force them into accepting the government's narrative," - Bersatu supreme council leader Muhammad Faiz Na'aman

COMMENT | Contrary to what this Bersatu supreme council leader says, the Pakatan Harapan-led unity government needs more propaganda channelled through official channels to counter the fascist religious and racial narratives of the opposition.

Now of course some people may claim it is hypocritical of Harapan to do this and indeed me for advocating such use or is that abuse of official government instruments? Well, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Mind you, the vast religious bureaucracy uses official channels to push narratives that are anathema to secular and democratic values every single day of the week, but somehow, Perikatan Nasional does not have a problem with this.

Why? Because they understand that the propaganda works for them. What they do not want is propaganda that does not work for them. If more people believe that a unity government is