PETALING JAYA: Pakatan Harapan has declared its continuous support of the leadership of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the coalition’s chairman, following Nurul Izzah Anwar’s remark that claimed the premier was a “former dictator who wreaked so much damage”.
“The leadership continues to support Dr Mahathir as the Pakatan chairman, and will fully support the mission of rebuilding the country from kleptocracy,” it said.
Pakatan said it welcomes suggestions and criticisms by leaders, party members and even supporters to further improve and strengthen the coalition.
However, it said any argument or criticism has to be constructive and “lift up the spirit of unity” in Pakatan while it still defends the freedom of speech in the “Malaysia Baru” era.
The struggle to rebuild the country requires strong support from all its leaders, beginning at the grassroots level, Pakatan said in a statement issued by its secretariat on Monday (March 25).
The statement comes after Nurul Izzah, the Permatang Pauh MP, told Singapore’s The Straits Times that she was “broken-hearted” having to once again work with Dr Mahathir.
She had said that it was not easy “having to work with a former dictator who wreaked so much damage, not just on our lives, but (on) the system”.
Nurul Izzah said this in reference to her father Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the Port Dickson MP and “prime minister in waiting”, being sent to prison in 1998.
THE STAR
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