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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Anwar Ibrahim, don’t be a loser again


FMT:

Don’t be a loser again, Anwar told


Political analyst James Chin says there is a ‘long history of shadow boxing’ between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim

(Bernama pic)
 


PETALING JAYA: A political analyst sees PKR president Anwar Ibrahim being at the losing end of an agreement to appoint Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister and himself as deputy prime minister should Pakatan Harapan (PH) form the government again.

Speaking to FMT, Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said Anwar should learn from the recent past and not place too much trust in Mahathir’s willingness to hand over power to him.

He was commenting on an FMT report that PH is set to bring back Mahathir as its prime ministerial candidate, this time with Anwar as his deputy.

Sources told FMT this came about after several meetings of top PH leaders in the past week.

Azman said it would be hard for any observer of Malaysian politics to imagine Mahathir stepping down in any hurry.

He said Anwar would have nothing to lose if he were to decline the deputy prime minister’s post since it would be a great challenge to serve in the administration at a time of enormous economic challenges.

It would be better for him to focus on strengthening his party and filling the void left by former deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali and his supporters, he added.

“For now, he should focus on being a good opposition leader and get ready for the next general election by strengthening his grassroots support.”

James Chin of the University of Tasmania’s Asia Institute said he believed the agreement, if it had indeed come about, was geared more towards preparing for the next general election than towards an immediate change in Putrajaya since PH would still need the numbers.

He described such an accord as the best way forward for PH.

“Anwar has support among urban Malays while Mahathir has support among rural Malays,” he said.

But he also said its biggest challenge would be the “long history of shadow boxing” between Mahathir and Anwar.

“Even if they agree to it, I’m not sure their supporters will.”


He said the key to any arrangement would be getting the support of Sabah and Sarawak MPs, and he voiced doubt that Sarawak’s GPS, with its 18 MPs, would agree to back Mahathir as long as DAP remained in PH.

If PH were to get back into power, he said, it would likely have only a small majority, making it as unstable as Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Political scientist Chandra Muzaffar said there was no guarantee that PH would immediately replace PN even if it had the numbers or succeeded in ousting Muhyiddin Yassin through a no-confidence vote.

“If Muhyiddin does lose the vote of confidence, he will have to seek an audience with the king and I think His Majesty will dissolve Parliament as he has already spoken against dragging the country into political turmoil again,” he said.

Chandra also said he doubted that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong would appoint Mahathir as prime minister again since he had refused to withdraw his resignation when the king asked him to.

“The political mess was started by Mahathir,” he said. “So I don’t believe they would just appoint him again.

“And I don’t believe that a 95-year-old Mahathir coming back as prime minister again for a third time has much support from the people.”


5 comments:

  1. If Anwar agrees and believes that MM would keep any promises to hand over to Anwar after 6 months, he (Anwar) deserves it when he gets screwed again.

    Because, getting screwed by MM would be the only scenario given MM's penchant in playing Anwar

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  2. Talking about losers MCA is already LOST....taunted by Muah Fart Karat...but Jellyfish Minister Wee KHAT Siong will remain quiet, Boh Lam Phar....

    Whenever GE15 comes around MCA will be given a few rubbish seats to contest...

    QUOTE
    Find yourself another seat to contest, Tg Malim Umno chief tells MCA

    Citing an unwillingness to work with ‘traitors’, Umno’s Tanjung Malim division chief Khusairi Talib (above) has told MCA deputy president Mah Hang Soon to look elsewhere for a constituency to contest in the next general election.

    Khusairi claimed that infighting between rival MCA factions to lobbying for either Mah or former MCA secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan to be the Tanjung Malim candidate for the 14th general election had cost BN the Tanjung Malim parliamentary seat, as well as the Behrang state seat...
    UNQUOTE

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  3. Anwar has a long history for being screwed from behind....😝😝😝

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  4. Poor Anwar....

    Look at that picture above of the kindly genial grandpa having a light moment with Anwar...

    Then the leaked audio of this cuddly cute grandpa saying : I don't like Anwar...

    Now we understand why Anwar is so merajuk...hurts one kind of awful, right?

    Reading some of the comments in M'siakini, one comment stood out :

    "Does Anwar deserve to be PM ..................... Yes
    Do we feel sorry for Anwar ............................ Yes
    Can Anwar get rural Malay support................ No
    Can Anwar get E Malaysia support................ No
    Can Anwar strike fear in opposition crooks.... No
    Do his enemies respect him........................... No
    Does Anwar have Agong's support ............... No (according to Moo)

    .... let the facts speak for itself."

    So let the facts speak for itself la...DAP can see the connundrum clearly, unlike that Farshah Salvador Dali whats-his-long-outlandish-name...and being practical, as Chinese is wont to be, it proposes that Anwar be the PM in 6 months AFTER the Old Man, but this time, all hammered out in black and white. Or the alternative is for PH be on the Opposition bench for the next 20 years or more.

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  5. From a simple informal survey done among the Chinese ( a relatively small sampling ), found that most favour the Chinese to keep out of politics altogether and just let the Malays fight it out among themselves. The reasons given are quite varied :

    - some said that our diminishing numbers won't make a difference, given that the overwhelming numbers of Malays prefer a ALL-Malay governance and if the Chinese is involved, they will be scapegoated

    - some were disillusioned with the DAP during the short PH's rule

    - some said that whoever the Malay leader as PM, it will have the same outcome....that the country will be plundered dry



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