Mahathir's hatred for and relentless sabo of Anwar

Malaysiakini (relevant extracts):

Wan Saiful: Dr M 'adamant' on denying Anwar premiership

Bersatu supreme council member Wan Saiful Wan Jan has revealed that the party's former chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad had never wanted to see Anwar Ibrahim succeed him as prime minister.

In an essay, Wan Saiful said Mahathir had made his intention clear during various Bersatu leadership meetings.

"In various closed-door discussions and meetings after GE14 attended by this author, Mahathir was both adamant and consistent that he did not want to see Anwar succeed him as prime minister despite his public statements (to the contrary). 

"To Mahathir, Anwar is someone who would neither champion the Malays nor defend the privileges accorded to ethnic Malays by the Federal Constitution.

"Mahathir also believed that Anwar's plans could be thwarted if the three major Malay parties, Bersatu, Umno and PAS, were brought together so that a new Malay-led government could be formed - doing away with the Chinese-dominated DAP and the multiracial PKR in Pakatan Harapan in the process," he said. [...]

According to Wan Saiful, the Bersatu supreme council chaired by Mahathir, had in March or April of 2019 resolved that Larut MP Hamzah Zainuddin should initiate a dialogue between Bersatu, Umno and PAS on the possibility of collaboration.

He also claimed that Mahathir subsequently asked for a national congress to showcase his ability to unite the Malays which eventually resulted in the Malay Dignity Congress held on Oct 6, 2019.

And Lims, Liew Chin Tong ,Nga and Hannah Yeoh still want this racist as their leader?

As my matey Bruno would say "Go figure"

"Mahathir delivered the keynote speech, after which he stood on the stage flanked by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa, symbolising the coming together of the three main Malay parties under his leadership.

"Anwar, however, was not invited until the very last minute and did not attend," he said.

Lims' and Liew's chice of PM, Mahathir

Wan Saiful described the Malay Dignity Congress as the "first fruit" of Bersatu's secret collaboration with Umno and PAS, with an active role by Mahathir.


Behind the scenes

In essence, Mahathir, said Wan Saiful, had succeeded in venturing out of Harapan to "embrace" both Umno and PAS at that congress despite they seemingly being political enemies.

"Perhaps most importantly, having successfully forged Muafakat Nasional and having successfully discredited Harapan, especially among the Malays, both Umno and PAS leaders accepted the invitation from Bersatu, through Hamzah Zainuddin as described earlier, to discuss uniting the Malay parties.

"This was a significant move because even though in public Umno and PAS portrayed Bersatu as an enemy, behind the scenes, negotiations were taking place at the highest level.

"Umno and PAS leaders did not just converse with Bersatu through Hamzah, they also maintained a cordial relationship with Mahathir himself by personally visiting him several times for private discussions," he said.