MALAYSIANS are not desperate enough to pick Dr Mahathir Mohamad as the next prime minister to replace Najib Razak, said Umno’s controversial leader Jamal Yunos.

The Sg Besar division chief said the only ones desperate enough to choose Dr Mahathir as the next prime minister is DAP.

“Who says Malaysians are desperate? The only people who are desperate are those surrounding him who want to suck his blood (money). Dr Mahathir obtained his money during his years as PM.

“The ones around him are the people who are instigating him to put in money,” Jamal told reporters outside the Dang Wangi district police station today.

Jamal was speaking to reporters after lodging a report against Dr Mahathir, his wife Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali and former law minister Zaid Ibrahim for allegedly insulting the sultan of Selangor.

He said those who nominated Dr Mahathir as their candidate for prime minister have personal interests.

“Those around Dr Mahathir who want him to be PM after GE14 have been paid off by the former prime minister. We already know he gave RM1 billion to DAP through the various websites,” said Jamal.

“DAP, who has received this money, don’t care. When Bersatu only has one or two seats in Kedah and Johor after the elections and DAP end up with the most seats, it will boot Dr Mahathir into the drain,” said the Jamal, who said he wants to the next Selangor mentri besar.

Dr Mahathir said he was willing to be the interim prime minister ahed of Pakatan Harapan’s challenge in GE14.

“I don’t know. If people are really desperate and they cannot find anybody else, maybe this 93-year-old can become interim prime minister,” he told reporters at PKR’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya yesterday. 

In a PH retreat earlier this month, component parties except for PKR, had agreed to Dr Mahathir as interim prime minister and PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as deputy prime minister if it wins GE14. – December 13, 2017.