Astro Awani ready to partner with RTM for Onn Hafiz-Maszlee dialogue

PETALING JAYA: Astro Awani said today it is prepared to work with Radio TV Malaysia on a live broadcast of a dialogue between Johor Barisan Nasional chief Onn Hafiz Ghazi and Pakatan Harapan’s Puteri Wangsa candidate Maszlee Malik.

The station’s chief editor, Zaiful Ariffin, said the collaboration was aimed at promoting democracy and intellectual discourse while fostering a more mature political culture in Malaysia.

“An intellectual dialogue is not meant to create conflict, but to make way for mature politics and allow the people to judge which leader deserves to represent them more,” Astro Awani quoted him as saying today.

Maszlee, a former education minister, has accepted Onn Hafiz’s invitation to hold a dialogue ahead of the Johor state election on July 11.

Yesterday, PH communications director Fahmi Fadzil, who is communications minister, said RTM was ready to facilitate a dialogue between Onn Hafiz and Maszlee. He suggested the event be held in Johor Bahru in a “civil discussion” on Johor’s direction.