DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang will quit politics if Dr Mahathir Mohamad fails to hand over the prime minister’s post to Anwar Ibrahim ahead of the 15th general election.
Lim said this was his wager with acting Umno president Mohamad Hasan who recently cast doubt on the agreement that Dr Mahathir would hand over power to Anwar as agreed by all Pakatan Harapan parties.
“If Mahathir does not pass the prime minister’s post to Anwar and instead dissolves Parliament to call for an early 15th general elections, I will retire from politics and will not contest in the 15th general election.
“If Mahathir keeps to his word and passes the prime minister’s post to Anwar, then Mohamad will withdraw from politics and will not contest in the 15th general election. Let us give Mohamad two days to decide whether to accept this wager with me,” Lim said in a statement.
Last night, Mohamad had told a ceramah crowd in Sandakan that based on Dr Mahathir’s character, the PH chairman would not hand over power to Anwar, who is PKR president and Port Dickson MP.
“Trust me, I know I have worked with the ‘grandpa’ long enough. He won’t make it easy. He would rather dissolve Parliament and call for a fresh election even before the term is up,” Mohamad said at a ceramah in Bandar Lee Tat.
Lim said by making such remarks, the opposition was merely hoping that PH would crumble and disintegrate.
“I have more confidence in Dr Mahathir and I am prepared to have a wager with Mohamad that Dr Mahathir will honour the Pakatan Harapan commitment to pass the prime minister’s post to Anwar,” the Iskandar Puteri MP said.
The subject of Dr Mahathir’s handover of power to Anwar continues to be doubted by several quarters, even though both leaders had repeatedly said they will honour the agreement.
Dr Mahathir recently said in an interview, in conjunction with PH’s first anniversary in power yesterday, that this may take “two, three years” as he wanted to resolve major problems for the government first. Anwar has also reiterated to the press that an agreement was made and would be honoured. – May 10, 2019.
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