KUCHING, June 19 - Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Masing said Malaysians
can count themselves fortunate because PR did not win the majority
parliamentary seats in the last general elections.
"Had they won, there would be political instability,
chaos in the country because they did not have any common ideology to govern
the country," he said, pointing out that their only goal then was to
defeat the Barisan Nasional.
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| Tan Sri Dr James Masing |
He said it is the truth that DAP and Pas cannot get along
with each other because they have different ideologies and they disagree on
almost everything.
"Pas is going all out to impose its brand of Shariah
criminal law which is being vehemently opposed by the DAP which, of course, has
its own ideology," he said.
He said PKR, attempting to be playing in the middle
ground, cannot do much to stop the two warring parties from quarrelling.
He said a country, like Malaysia, cannot afford to have a
governing coalition with its members quarrelling all the time.
"The recent demise of PR is proof I am correct all
this while," he said.
Masing said he was surprised that PR could last for seven
years despite the contrasting ideologies of its three partners and the constant
fighting between DAP and Pas.
"I was hoping to see its demise after two years
because I know that a coalition of parties with contrasting ideologies and often quarrelling cannot sustain,"
he said, stressing that PR is like rainbow which can be seen before sunset, but
disappears at night.
PKR president Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail announced
the death of PR last Wednesday, blaming it on Pas for passing a resolution at
its muktamar to divorce DAP.
Subsequently the
DAP Central Executive Committee announced the end of PR that PKR considered hasty.
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