Sungai Petani's Johari Abdul and the other five who watched the sex video implicating their boss may be axed in the next general election, says a party source.
PETALING JAYA: The PKR MPs who watched the sex video implicating Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim may be among those who are likely to be axed during the next general election, said a party source.
The source was responding to PKR deputy president Azmin Ali’s recent statement that candidates who failed to perform and were unpopular with the people would be dropped.
Azmin also said that PKR was gunning for 97 parliamentary seats and its Pakatan Rakyat coalition partners, PAS and DAP, had agreed to this.
The source said Sungai Petani MP Johari Abdul, who was the first to watch the video, could find himself on the chopping block despite vehemently defending Anwar over the scandal.
“He is facing an acute internal problem,” said the source, adding that the top leadership was not pleased with him being “friendly” with the “Datuk Trio” who exposed the video.
Until now, he said, Johari had been unable to clear the mystery surrounding the matter.
The main point of contention, he explained, was why the PKR MP had only issued a statement defending Anwar two days after he had watched the video.
“Why didn’t he do it immediately?” the source asked.
“This is a question that needs to be answered. Party members are confused with certain things. Firstly, why did the ‘Datuk Trio’ target Johari (inviting him to watch the video)?
“Why didn’t Johari inform the party leadership of the attempt? Why did he bring five other MPs for the second screening?” he added.
The others taken by Johari to view the video were Kamarul Baharin Abbas (Teluk Kemang), Rashid Din (Merbok), Azan Ismail (Indera Mahkota), Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (Kuala Langat) and Amran Abdul Ghani (Tanah Merah).
Former Malacca chief minister Rahim Tamby Chik, one of the three who released the video, claimed that several PKR MPs had asked for RM1 million each to jump ship after watching the video.
He also alleged that after watching the video, Johari had admitted that the person in the video was Anwar.
Rahim also claimed that Johari had requested for RM100,000 as “wang pelincir” (lubricant money) to facilitate the exodus of PKR MPs.
Sivarasa may also be dropped
A pro-Umno blogger recently claimed that Johari had asked “Datuk Trio” for RM1 million to quit his party and posted a two-minute video clip showing Johari watching the sex video.
In the clip, Johari was seen as being on close terms with the three men, joking and laughing with them during the screening.
The PKR MP denied the allegation and challenged the blogger to release the full recording.
However, the source claimed that Johari was doing this in order to secure his seat in the next general election.
As for the other five – Kamarul, Rashid, Azan, Abdullah and Amran – they were purportedly classified as “non-performers” in an audit report prepared by a special committee.
The party later denied the existence of the report, which allegedly also included Azmin’s name. The others categorised as “non-performers” were Yusmadi Yussof (Balik Pulau MP), Hee Loy Sian (Petaling Jaya Selatan MP) and Loh Gwo-Burne (Kelana Jaya MP ).
It is believed that except for Azmin, the rest were expected to be dropped.
FMT also learnt that Subang MP R Sivarasa might also be dropped due to health reasons while another top gun on the list was former Perak chief Mustafa Kamil Ayub, who contested against Azmin for deputy presidency.
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