Leave PM transition to Dr Mahathir, Anwar and Pakatan council

Mohd Farhan Darwis Mohd Farhan Darwis Updated 4 years ago · Published on 5 Jan 2020 2:03PM · 4 Comments

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim says the transition of power should be discussed harmoniously with the prime minister and Pakatan Harapan presidential council. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, January 5, 2020.

THE transition of prime ministership is a matter to be decided by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council, said PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, stressing all parties should stop the speculations.

He said the transition date should be a subject of harmonious discussion between Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and him.

“There are views that the transition date should be set, but as agreed it is a matter for discussion between the prime minister and me, or the PH presidential council.

“It should be discussed in a cordial manner and this does not need to be sensationalised,” he told reporters after an event in Serdangtoday.

Anwar’s comment on the matter comes, after two members of his party, had called on the PH council to set a date for the transition.

Anwar, who is also Port Dickson MP, said he is aware of the concern among PKR members that there may be efforts to derail the transition.

“The concerns are that there are outsiders trying to derail the transition. I don’t think this will change views on the country’s issues.”

Yesterday, PKR youth chief Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir and Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad had called for a date to be set for the leadership transition.

Akmal had said setting the date would help dispel talk of conflict in PH while Nik Nazmi said it would establish certainty on a May transition of power from Dr Mahathir to Anwar.

However, PH Saifuddin Abdullah had said there was no May deadline for Dr Mahathir to hand over the reins to Anwar.

“Although the PH presidential council agreed on January 6, 2018 that Anwar will take over from Dr Mahathir and become the eighth prime minister, it did not specify any dates.

“Hence, the issue of a power transition in May 2020 does not arise.”

Dr Mahathir, December 10 last year, said he would hand over power to Anwar after this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in November, added Saifuddin. – January 5, 2020.

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  • Lets be fair lah, 5 years term means half for each. 2.5 years each. Means PM transition power should happen in November 2020. Simple as that, Dr M is trying to be fair but don't try to instigate anything otherwise. Dr M is also a fighter like Anwar, if u over do, he is upset and have evey capability to make things difficult for PKR or Anwar for that matter.

    Posted 4 years ago by James Wong · Reply

    • DR M is a bad PM, he is old, believes that Malays are supreme in Malaysia-meaning Chinese and Indians are worthless passengers-he is an Islamist who does not respect other religions, he is taking Malaysia backwards-Mahathir is the Mugabe, Suharto,Marcos and Idi Amin all in one. You must be kidding that we would want this man to continue as PM. Malaysian of all races would prefer not to have PH in government than a diluted government with Mahathir and Hussein Onn's family with cromies pulling the strings. Anwar must force the issues-millions of Malays support Anwar. people on the ground dont like what they see in UMNO.

      Posted 4 years ago by Jimmy Bonds · Reply

  • I think Tun must have reasons not to pass the baton to Anwar. Will be another failure ....
    Another Maszlee

    Posted 4 years ago by Charis W · Reply

  • As long as Mukhriz is left out of the government together with Hishamuddin-Malaysia will be a better place. We dont want dynasties. We want young,vibrant,resilient, open-minded,educated Malays, Chinese and Indians to be in government-not Rafidah Aziz type or any other old frogs.

    Posted 4 years ago by Jimmy Bonds · Reply