DR Mahathir Mohamad says he has no issues with PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as far as he’s concerned.

“As far as I’m concerned I have no problems with Anwar. 

“Maybe, he has problems with me. But I don’t know. You have to ask him,” said the 94-year-old leader at the Perdana Leadership Foundation today.

Dr Mahathir was responding to questions on why Anwar did not attend the former prime minister’s meeting with other Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders yesterday.

Amanah and DAP leaders, as well as Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal, had met Dr Mahathir yesterday to discuss the future of PH and Bersatu.

But photos of the meeting, which were circulated on social media, did not show any PKR leaders, leading to speculation that Dr Mahathir and Anwar are still at odds with one another.

Prior to this, Anwar, who is opposition leader, was also absent from a press conference Dr Mahathir gave, flanked by other PH leaders, after the one-day Parliament sitting on May 18.

Anwar’s reason was that it was not an official PH press conference.

While in power, the PH administration was also plagued by uncertainty over the transition plan from Dr Mahathir to Anwar.

Just before the PH government collapsed in the last week of February this year, a meeting of the PH presidential council had agreed to let Dr Mahathir decide when he would hand over the prime minister’s post to Anwar after the Asia Pacific Economic (APEC) summit in November.

But PH collapsed when MPs in Dr Mahathir’s party, Bersatu, led by party president Muhyiddin Yassin, plotted to form a new coalition with Umno, PAS and Gabungan Parti Sarawak. – June 5, 2020.