- Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil

COMMENT | For the record, not using the 3Rs (religion, race, and royalty) for political purposes is complete horse manure. It is a political ideology that the political mainstream subscribes to in this country.

Every policy decision is based on the 3Rs, it is just that people who disagree with the 3Rs should not talk about it. From Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, political operatives using the 3Rs for political purposes are not sanctioned by the state but if you are the unlucky dissenter who points out that the 3Rs are part of the problem, then the state comes down on you like a tonne of bricks. So, there is that.  

However, what I want to know (and maybe you do too) is how on earth Fahmi spouts such nonsense about not using the 3Rs for political purposes when Perikatan Nasional (PN) is running riot by demonising the non-Malay communities and the bureaucracy, especially the cog led by Fahmi, is doing absolutely nothing about it.

Even when he was the communications officer for PKR, Fahmi (above) had no problem playing heavy and causing confusion amongst Pakatan Harapan allies. Take for instance in 2016, DAP’s Syerleena Abdul Rashid had to publicly correct Fahmi about the Kajang Move.

She said: “I wish to correct PKR communications officer Fahmi Fadzil’s statement that DAP was consulted prior to the announcement by PKR of the previous Penanti state seat, Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat, or the Kajang state seat by-elections. DAP national leaders were left in the dark and practically knew only about the by-elections when it was published in the online media.”

But then again, Fahmi has a history of miscommunication. Remember when Anwar and his then party deputy Azmin Ali were publically feuding, Fahmi claimed that all of this was the figment of the imagination of the press.