MP SPEAKS | Today we have a government with the slimmest majority – just two.
How did this happen?
When Najib Abdul Razak lost the 14th general election (GE), he knew he would be jailed for the crimes he committed.
So immediately, he proposed to PAS to set up a Malay Muslim government.
But they did not have enough to form a government. He needed more Malay support.
He claimed the Pakatan Harapan government was dominated by the DAP and DAP would destroy the Malays.
To oust DAP, the Harapan government must be overthrown. For this, Bersatu had to leave Harapan. It should then join Umno and PAS to form a new government.
Hamzah Zainuddin worked to get Umno members to support me as I was to be the prime minister in this new coalition. He got even Najib to sign.
I opposed this move. But Muhyiddin Yassin supported the idea. The majority in Bersatu supported Muhyiddin.
Strictly speaking, when Bersatu left Harapan, the coalition ceased to be the government. This meant that all members of the cabinet lost their ministerial positions. This included me. I had lost my position as prime minister. Resigning was only a formality.
I refused to be PM of the Umno/PAS/Bersatu government because it meant I would be working with Umno and Najib, the people I had condemned and defeated in the 14th general election.
I would actually be resuscitating Umno and making it a part of the government. I would be betraying the people who supported me in the election. I would also be reneging on my promises to the other parties in the Harapan coalition.
I just could not accept the suggestion that I should be the prime minister of this unholy coalition.
As Muhyiddin was willing, I broke away from his group.
Today I have been stripped of my membership of Bersatu and its chairperson. I have gone to court to dispute the validity of my dismissal.
DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD is MP for Langkawi. - Mkini
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