Anwar’s lying, no 2019 plot to ban Umno, says Annuar

 

Former Umno leader Annuar Musa (left) questioned why Anwar Ibrahim did not have Umno’s support to become prime minister in 2020 if he really ‘saved’ the party from getting banned.

PETALING JAYA: Former Umno leader Annuar Musa has denied Anwar Ibrahim’s claim that former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin had plotted to ban Umno in 2019, when Pakatan Harapan was in power.

Annuar said the prime minister’s claim that he had objected to the move was false, adding that both Mahathir and Muhyiddin have denied coming up with such a plot.

“Knowing Mahathir’s leadership style, if it’s true he wanted to ban Umno (when he was prime minister), no one could have stopped him.

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“Especially not Anwar, whom Mahathir specifically did not involve in his government’s affairs,” the former Umno secretary-general said in a statement.

Annuar also questioned why Anwar did not have Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s support to become prime minister in 2020 if the PKR president truly “saved” Umno from getting banned.

On Sunday, Anwar claimed he was one of the PH leaders who objected to Mahathir and Muhyiddin’s plan to ban Umno after the 14th general election.

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