COMMENT | Kapar MP Halimah Ali’s recent statement in Parliament supporting Menu Rahmah but worrying that the B40 group would be exposed to “… diseases like cancer, autoimmune diseases, or autism” is exactly the kind of effective propaganda that works for the polity that Perikatan Nasional (PN) is attempting to win over.

I have argued before that PAS and, by extension, PN, is a religious extremist political alliance, and the problem with religious extremists - of any religious belief - is that in reality, they really do not give a damn about the people they want to represent.

You just have to look at the way PAS-controlled or influenced states are run to understand how not only is the religious party not interested in any kind of utilitarian governance but also how a compliant citizenry keeps voting them back in.

For religious extremists, especially the ones in politics, fear is the only tool they have. 

They do not have any solutions to the problems the people face because we are talking about a party of which its...