A MANUSCRIPT detailing why Anwar Ibrahim should not become prime minister was mailed to Johari Abdul, which the PKR Sg Petani MP made public today.

The revelation comes against a backdrop where the party’s deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali is alleged to be involved in a sex scandal with one of its party Youth chief from Sarawak.

Johari pointed out that a chapter in the yet-to-be-published manuscript, entitled Mengapa Anwar Tak Boleh Jadi PM (Why Anwar Cannot Be PM), is devoted to championing Azmin for the position of prime minister.

“Anwar told me these kind of writers are aplenty. But I told Anwar, you can’t let this kind of person go. This has to stop,” he said, adding that he will be making a police report against the author Yahaya Ismail.

The manuscript brings back to memory a similar work entitled 50 Dalil Kenapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Menjadi Perdana Menteri (50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot Become Prime Minister) which was circulated to Umno delegates during the 1998 Umno assembly.

A few weeks after the assembly in September, Dr Mahathir Mohamad sacked Anwar as his deputy and subsequently from Umno.

Johari said he did not know Yahaya but said he read the manuscript which he said was “revolting and grave slander towards Anwar, such as homosexuality, corruption as well as describing him as the US and Zionist agent”.

Johari said the author also questioned the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decision to pardon Anwar, which he said was tantamount to questioning the powers of the Malay rulers.
Yahaya, or Pak Ya, is a political writer and had penned biographies of several political figures in the country. – June 19, 2019.