Dubai Move: Govt agencies need to show government still intact, stable

SHAH ALAM - Government agencies need to demonstrate the resilience of the current leadership within the unity government amid the Dubai Move issue sparked by certain parties.

Ilham Centre Executive Director Muhamad Hisomuddin Bakar said the move aimed to reassure the public that division was absent within the government.

"What is on display to the public is not panic but how to show that the government is strong and stable with the majority obtained or owned by the current government.

"For me, it visually shows the people that this government is stable. So, for me, the Secretariat of the unity government needs to be featured and the line of ministers as well as party members within the government, should actively convey unity and cohesion to dispel any notions of potential fragmentation," he said.

His comments were made during the Wacana Sinar Series 427 titled ‘Dubai Move: Is it real or an 'attempt'?’at the Karangkraf Group Complex on Tuesday.

The programme hosted by Ismail Adnan also featured Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) supreme council member Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof and the Information Coordination Secretary of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Iswardy Morni as panellists.

Hisomuddin said the element of division carried a certain level of anxiety among Malay voters, particularly after the results of the General Election (GE) and State Election.

He stressed that the two elections revealed no significant shift or surge among the Malay voter segment against the unity government.

"What I want to focus on here is the 30 Barisan Nasional (BN) seats. The crack or point of attack here is that there are said to be groups within Umno that do not agree with the decision of their party to become the unity government.

"In fact, if we look at the 'Dubai Move' or the movement to shift the support to some of the BN MPs, it seems as if they are waiting for time to act.

"While we know that with 74 Perikatan Nasional (PN) members of Parliament, even if mixed with 30 from BN, it is not enough for a majority of 112 seats but the effort is still being made to create a perception among the restless segment of Malay voters," he said.