DAP will not work with Umno, says Gobind
KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP will not engage in any cooperation with Umno, DAP deputy chairman Gobind Singh Deo said yesterday.
“They ( Umno) totally opposed us in the 14th general election (GE14). We urge the people to reject them and the people did so with the desire to build the New Malaysia.
“The DAP will not engage in any cooperation with Umno. Period. We should not work with them,” he said in the latest post on his Facebook account.
Gobind was responding to a proposal by Barisan Nasional ( BN) secretarygeneral Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz on Saturday that Umno work with PKR and DAP to forge a unity government despite Umno members not being in favour of such an idea.
Mohamed Nazri reportedly believes that it is the only way for Umno to survive until the next general election.
Gobind, who is Communications and Multimedia Minister, said the matter of former BN elected representatives joining the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition must be closely scrutinised.
He said this matter will be discussed at a PH meeting soon.
Gobind said that in the current situation, priority should be given to the reform agenda and the rehabilitation of the country, and the people’s mandate of GE14 must be respected.
“PH must safeguard the interests of the people who have placed their trust in PH to clean up and save Malaysia,” he said. — Bernama