Anwar: Now we know what Dr M had in mind for 'transition'
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said he had always believed Dr Mahathir Mohamad would hand over the premiership to the former.
"It's true. Now we know. At the time we didn't know. (We thought he was a) man of honour. You gave a commitment publicly, we believed you.
"Somehow or rather, he says 'no, no, no... that is not what I meant. You (have to) prove (majority support) yourself," said Anwar (above, left) in an interview Sin Chew Daily published today.
Mahathir (above, right), on behalf of Bersatu, had signed an agreement on January 2018 which nominated him as Pakatan Harapan's candidate for prime minister.
That agreement stated that he would make way for Anwar to succeed him, but no date was set.
The transition became a focal point of much of the Harapan government's 22-month rule, coming to a head in mid-February this year.
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Saya tahu saya kerbau-er |
Following the collapse of the Harapan government in late-February, Mahathir has publicly said many times that he would have stepped down as prime minister after November.
But at no point did he state he was committed to ensuring that his party would support Anwar as his successor.
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kau mahu kah, seorang PM yg mempunyai mata macam 'ni |
During the interview, Anwar accused Mahathir of being fully aware of the plot by Bersatu leaders to withdraw from Harapan to form a new government, but did nothing to stop it.
Anwar said this was evident from the leaked audio recordings of Bersatu meetings.
According to Bersatu supreme council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan (photo), who was part of many such meetings, Mahathir had never wanted to hand over the reins to Anwar and was open to cooperating with Umno and PAS instead of DAP and PKR.
Wan Saiful claimed that Mahathir had instructed Hamzah Zainuddin to initiate talks with Umno and PAS in 2019 to explore cooperation.
Mahathir has yet to respond to these allegations.
Anwar said that despite now knowing Mahathir's true feelings and intentions, he was still open to cooperating with the latter but will not support him as prime minister again.
"Forgiveness is a virtue. This is what Confucius once said and it is in line with Islamic teachings," said Anwar.
On Mahathir's claim that DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng had mooted Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal as a possible prime minister candidate, Anwar said he believed this narrative to be untrue.
"That is Mahathir's version. I believe Lim," said Anwar.
After the May 18 Dewan Rakyat sitting, Warisan, MPs loyal to Mahathir, DAP, and Amanah began mulling the possibility for forming a new government, initially proposing Mahathir as their prime ministerial candidate.
PKR refused to entertain the suggestion, following which Mahathir then announced that Shafie was the new candidate. PKR again refused to commit to this plan.
On whether Anwar "hated" his former deputy Mohamed Azmin Ali (photo) - a key figure in the collapse of the Harapan government - the former said: "I just smiled at him yesterday."
He was referring to the chance meeting with Azmin and Hishammuddin Hussein in Parliament on Thursday. Photographs of the exchange, where all three figures appeared candid and cordial, were widely shared on social media.
Asked for his thoughts on Azmin, Anwar replied: "Azmin has made mistakes. I don't agree with some of his policies... Let the people decide."
Mmm....I believe only the Malays will take euphemism to such 'height'...hehehe.
ReplyDeleteRampant treachery is spun as "mistakes" when Anwar was asked what he thinks about AssMain
And these die-hard enemies will hide their boiling deep anger and hatred in their hearts and smile their widest for wefies and then salam cordially, lol
And I guess there's more than a grain a truth when they said never take their words on the surface. And worse when a Malay is also a politician...it will be wayang big-time, wa ka ka ka
As regards the Old Man, poor Anwar even at age 70-plus got conned too. Maybe because he wanted so much to be PM....maybe because he thought no one would dare to go back on words of promise uttered publicly....maybe because he never thought a man stricken with pancreatic cancer ( with one foot in the grave, so to speak ) would still entertain fighting to be seated on the top seat of power.
I guess Anwar is resigned to his fate of never to be PM. Many a soothsayer, if one still believe in such, took one look at the picture of Anwar and declared he will never be PM ! But did some one also said Never say Never ? So let's wait and see....meanwhile, the country can go to hell while these Malays fight among themselves for themselves. Only they matter in this country, hehe
Anwar was a fool to have believed MM and was also a fool for not taking action like sacking Azmin for the many acts of defiance Azmin committed.
ReplyDeleteAny other reason than his namesake manmanlai?
DeleteSlow & steady?
No!
More of thinking that he got that right & all things will fall from the sky to fit his scheme!
无才兼空想.
if anwar hv no say on what azmin did, y he expect mahathir can instruct muhyiddin what to do? his own pkr contribute more than 10 mp that go against him n now he complain mahathir pula.
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