“So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.” - John F Kennedy

COMMENT | Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Abdul Karim wants Pakatan Harapan to concentrate its resources on cultivating a Bangsa Malaysia and not attempt to upstage the other Malay uber alles parties in the country.

The problem with all of this is that the concept of Bangsa Malaysia has become so toxic that anyone attempting to use the concept as a galvanising force is doomed to more failure.

The only people who propagated Bangsa Malaysia was the DAP, and they were cowardly when it came to Malay voters, not to mention hypocritical with this agenda when it came to non-Malay voters.

More often than not, this concept was weaponised against them by the mainstream Malay establishment, which included their coalition partner PKR.