PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad has accused Anwar Ibrahim of having rejected the support of Pejuang, a newly formed party led by Mahathir, when Anwar claimed to have secured a parlliamentary majority to form a new government.
Mahathir said this was proven at Anwar’s press conference on Wednesday where Anwar had claimed that “he had everyone’s support, except for Dr Mahathir’s”, according to a report in The Malaysian Insight.
“Pejuang was rejected (from joining Anwar). (Anwar) said everyone supports him except for Dr Mahathir,” the portal quoted Mahathir as saying, and added that Pejuang could no longer support Anwar as the party had been rejected from the very start.
Two days ago, Anwar announced that he “has the numbers” to form a new government, and that the majority supporting him were Malay-Muslim MPs. However he did not disclose how many were aligned with him.
When asked if Mahathir and his faction of former PPBM MPs are among the MPs supporting him, Anwar said: “Not yet. He may decide later, but as of now, no.”
On Wednesday Mahathir said he would “wait and see” if this was another episode of the opposition leader making unsubstantiated claims. Anwar had made a similar claim in 2008 of having secured enough parliamentary support and urging then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to give up power peacefully. - FMT
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