Shafie is PM candidate if Anwar lacks support, says Guan Eng

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 19 Sep 2020 10:47AM · 7 Comments

Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal is proposed as the second choice for Pakatan Harapan’s prime ministerial candidate. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 19, 2020.

ANWAR Ibrahim and Mohd Shafie Apdal are DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s choices for Pakatan Harapan’s prime ministerial candidate, FMT reported today.

Lim said said Anwar was his first choice but added that the PKR president should give way to the Warisan chief if the latter had more support.

“We support Anwar to have the numbers but if he can’t, we should give Shafie a chance and the due respect to a first East Malaysian PM,” he was quoted as saying by the news portal.

Lim stressed that MPs in the PH coalition were confident of either candidate’s ability to win support to form the government.

The Bagan MP said he and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu came up with the Anwar-or-Shafie plan in July to resolve the impasse between former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar over who would be the PH prime ministerial candidate.

Lim said the plan could only succeed with the backing of all the coalition’s MPs. And there are some MPs who disagreed with the plan, said Lim.

These MPs want the coalition to stick with the original plan to make Anwar the PM candidate, he said.

Dr Mahathir became the prime minister following PH’s victory in the last general election. It was agreed among PKR, DAP, Amanah and Bersatu that Anwar would replace Dr Mahathir after two years.

However, power transition became a subject of contention when Anwar’s supporters in PKR pressed the 95-year-old Dr Mahathir for a date. – September 19, 2020.

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  • This plan does not make sense. No one has the numbers, hence, the impasse. If Shafie Apdal is the PM candidate, you think all the MPs in PKR will agree ? This is the dumbest plan I ever heard in the history of Malaysian politics.

    Posted 3 years ago by Kim Beng Phar · Reply

    • Did you ask yourself WHY the PKR MPs will not support Shafie? It's because Anwar mati mati want to be PM.

      GPS, which has 18 seats too do not support Anwar. They haven't said whether they will support shafie or not. This is a good compromised plan except the selfish PKR is the spoiler.

      Posted 3 years ago by Super Duper · Reply

    • Selfish??? Care to elaborate

      Posted 3 years ago by Azman Daud · Reply

  • Why is it so hard to give Anwar a chance? Why bring Shafie into the equation? Why cant you people just unite and support Anwar,? DAP is no longer the same DAP as before. Now that they have tasted power, they are obsessed w it.

    Posted 3 years ago by Elyse Gim · Reply

  • Guys, can't you read the writing on the walls, AI is yesterday's man who is still in dreams

    Posted 3 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

    • Yeah, his 'lawan tetap lawan' motto is getting old. He's no longer in fighting mode.. more like 'awaiting PM title' mode..

      'Tunggu tetap tunggu' for now.

      Posted 3 years ago by Tavern Folks · Reply

  • If Anwar waits for GE15, PKR will lose more seats and it will narrow the gap between him and Shafie. Be smart Anwar, don't waste anytime and your current mode is wasting time and you will lose out. If Shafie also heading nowhere then the next path will be back to UMNO. Bersatu also can fly kites....

    Posted 3 years ago by Wei Kuan Tan · Reply