PKR leader open to 'grand coalition' in opposition but insists 'no Mahathir'
Selangor PKR Youth said it is open to discussing the possibility of forming a "grand coalition" in the opposition but insists that the arrangement cannot include former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Selangor PKR Youth urged for the proposed cooperation to not involve Mahathir.
"Pakatan Harapan would do well to learn from its past mistakes. Do not make the same mistake twice," Selangor PKR Youth communications director Mohd Khairool Ngadon said in a statement.
Some opposition leaders, including Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub, have called for the formation of a grand coalition in the opposition that expands beyond Harapan.
This came after the opposition failed to dislodge Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's Perikatan Nasional (PN) government through a series of votes on Budget 2021 in the Dewan Rakyat.
Muhyiddin is expected to call for a general election as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic is under control and vaccination is due to start in the first quarter of next year.
Khairool said Selangor PKR Youth is also in agreement that Harapan needs to prepare for GE15.
However, the proposal for Harapan to form a wider coalition with other parties that are not aligned to PN needs to be discussed further at the Harapan presidential council, he added.
The council was supposed to meet on Dec 17 but was abruptly cancelled.
Selangor PKR Youth urged for the proposed cooperation to not involve Mahathir.
"Pakatan Harapan would do well to learn from its past mistakes. Do not make the same mistake twice," Selangor PKR Youth communications director Mohd Khairool Ngadon said in a statement.
Some opposition leaders, including Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub, have called for the formation of a grand coalition in the opposition that expands beyond Harapan.
This came after the opposition failed to dislodge Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's Perikatan Nasional (PN) government through a series of votes on Budget 2021 in the Dewan Rakyat.
Muhyiddin is expected to call for a general election as soon as the Covid-19 pandemic is under control and vaccination is due to start in the first quarter of next year.
Khairool said Selangor PKR Youth is also in agreement that Harapan needs to prepare for GE15.
However, the proposal for Harapan to form a wider coalition with other parties that are not aligned to PN needs to be discussed further at the Harapan presidential council, he added.
The council was supposed to meet on Dec 17 but was abruptly cancelled.
Sources told Malaysiakini that the meeting was aborted after PKR was slighted by DAP and Amanah's call for a "political reset" in the opposition.
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the opposition leader, is under pressure to deliver after claiming in September that he had secured a "strong, convincing and formidable" majority.
Apart from Harapan component parties, others in the opposition include the yet to be registered Pejuang led by Mahathir, Warisan, Upko, Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and Muda which is also undergoing registration.
The largest non-Harapan party in the opposition is Sabah's Warisan with eight MPs followed by Pejuang with four, PSB (two), Upko (one) and Muda (one).
However, Warisan and Upko are also aligned with Pejuang and Mahathir's exclusion means that 13 out of the 16 non-Harapan opposition lawmakers won't join the proposed grand coalition.
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the opposition leader, is under pressure to deliver after claiming in September that he had secured a "strong, convincing and formidable" majority.
Apart from Harapan component parties, others in the opposition include the yet to be registered Pejuang led by Mahathir, Warisan, Upko, Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and Muda which is also undergoing registration.
The largest non-Harapan party in the opposition is Sabah's Warisan with eight MPs followed by Pejuang with four, PSB (two), Upko (one) and Muda (one).
However, Warisan and Upko are also aligned with Pejuang and Mahathir's exclusion means that 13 out of the 16 non-Harapan opposition lawmakers won't join the proposed grand coalition.
Lim Guan Eng and Mat Sabu are like the abused wives who keep going back to their wife beating husband.
ReplyDeleteIts clear that the Pakatan Harapan Government fell because Mahathir gave the plotters the green light to orchestrate maneuvers to prevent Anwar from succeeding him.
Mahathir didn't reckon on himself becoming losing out as Prime Minister, but that was just unforeseen Karma.
Many are looking for solutions but some look for Toonsie in every solution.
ReplyDeletewhen, where and whichever way, with your beloved Atuk involved, there could never ever be any solution
DeleteI think KT is the one looking for his hated Toonsie in every solution, did Guanee or Mat Sabu even mention Toonsie when they said “reset”? But KT immediately jump to that conclusion, driven by hatred no doubt.
Deletewakakaka, read on
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Kit Siang: DAP leadership never proposed replacing Anwar
DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang met PKR president Anwar Ibrahim on Friday and assured him that the DAP leadership had never proposed a change of opposition leader.
However, in a statement today, Kit Siang said that he did tell Anwar that the opposition must set forth in a new direction focusing on the need to strengthen and consolidate all opposition forces through a new national consensus.
This came after DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu issued a joint statement saying Pakatan Harapan is in need of a political reset...
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so anwar rather have najib n zahid? or how?
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