Some in PKR have forgotten their roots - Anwar

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said some within the party have forgotten their roots, in what appears to be a veiled jab at his deputy Mohamed Azmin Ali.

"They have forgotten their roots, they forget that this fight is not for the sake of one or two people, not to guarantee the positions of one or two people as ministers.

"It is not about 'whoever supports me will get projects, whoever doesn't will not get'.

"This was one of Umno's bad behaviour back then. That is what we are trying to correct," Anwar, who is the Port Dickson MP, said during his speech at the Otai Reformis congress held in Shah Alam today.

It was reported that there was a meeting held on Monday night at Azmin's Putrajaya residence with over 20 BN MPs and a handful of PKR MPs.

BN president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who was not present at the meeting, later said he was told the meeting was merely to discuss channelling government projects to their constituencies.

The meeting had set tongues wagging with speculation of its purpose, ranging from support to the current Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to forming a new party, to the Umno MPs having lost faith in their party.

However, participants of the meeting have consistently denied these speculations.

Meanwhile, Anwar called for people to have patience over the transition of the premiership, saying that he wants a peaceful transition.

"I choose the path of a peaceful transition. We give space to Mahathir to lead and to heal the economy so that the transition can happen smoothly and without any problems.

"That is my stand and I ask you all to be patient. I am not worried or disturbed," he said.

The decision on the premiership rests with the Harapan council, he said.

"All the Harapan party leadership has repeated that the transition is Mahathir as the seventh prime minister and Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the deputy prime minister, and Anwar is the eighth prime minister, that is already settled," Anwar said.

Mahathir had said prior to the last general election that he would step down as prime minister to make way for Anwar within a few years.

However, recently there has been speculation about unrest over the transition. - Mkini