Malays are rejecting Pakatan Harapan due to its “full-blown” liberal democratic nature, said Bersatu Youth chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal.

This is because they needed to be protected by those who share similar identity politics, he explained.

“The Malays need a protector. They have a neo-feudal mentality and are not ready to embrace a full-blown liberal democracy yet. At the end of the day, the societal nature of embracing a tribal mentality will persist,” he said in an interview with The Vibes.