By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani - The Malaysian InsiderKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the current infighting in the opposition pact shows that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has failed as a coalition.
The Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman believes that there will a mass exodus from PR.
“I imagine that there would be a mass exodus and I think it is already happening for obvious reasons because the problem is very glaring. The dissatisfaction cannot be hidden anymore,” Muhyiddin (picture) told reporters at the Felda headquarters here.
“It is out in the open, how they are not satisfied with the way Lim Guan Eng is running the state. They are not happy with how Khalid Ibrahim is running the state. Of course, even in Kedah with the failure of managing the state in terms of providing water and utilities. Obviously it has shown the failure and what we hope is that the public would be aware of this,” added the Umno deputy president.
Muhyiddin said the animosity between the different opposition parties was a clear indication that PR is not sustainable.
“The fact that there is a war out in the open among the various components of the opposition indicates that they can’t work together. It is only a year plus after the last election but they seem not to be sustainable. Whereas BN has shown the way forward. I think the comparison is very clear,” he added.
PR is currently embroiled in a crisis as its de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim faces a career-ending sodomy trial with infighting between its members intensifying.
Three PKR federal lawmakers — Zulkifli Nordin (Kulim Bandar Baharu), Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim (Bayan Baru) and Tan Tee Beng (Nibong Tebal) — have been referred to the party disciplinary committee for their outburst against the party’s partners in PR.
Also ordered to face the disciplinary committee is former law minister and architect of PR’s common policy framework Datuk Zaid Ibrahim for criticising the party for not taking immediate action against Zulkifli, who had lodged a police report against PAS’s Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad over the “Allah” row.
Zulkifli has also predicted on national television there will be mass resignations from PKR in the next two or three weeks, saying party members have lost faith in PKR’s leadership for ignoring their complaints about the DAP.
He also said that DAP was not needed and that it was a “thorn in the flesh” of PR.
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