Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim is disappointed but not surprised with the appellate court ruling that Barisan Nasional's Zambry Abd Kadir was the legitimate Perak menteri besar.
Speaking at a by-election rally in Padang Ibu, Penanti last night, Anwar said he was disappointed that ousted menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin was denied the chance to “govern a people-orientated administration”.
He contended that Nizar did not deserve to be booted out because he was a “capable, clean and caring” leader.
According to the opposition leader, Nizar had safeguarded the interests of the poor and needy in his one-year stint as Perak menteri besar.
“He did not misappropriate or spend lavish public funds on mega-projects. He did not steal logging revenue and solicit shares for himself.
“Maybe those were his wrongdoings,” quipped Anwar in his typical reverse psychology one-liner to the 3,000-strong crowd in the remote village.
PKR supremo Anwar said the court decision did not surprise him because “Pakatan Rakyat could sense it was coming based on series of judicial decisions over the years”.
The Court of Appeal yesterday allowed Zambry’s appeal and reversed the earlier Kuala Lumpur High Court decision that declared PAS leader Nizar as the rightful menteri besar of Perak.
Send a strong message to Putrajaya
The Permatang Pauh parliamentarian went on to lambast BN for not heeding popular demand to dissolve the Perak assembly and pave the way for a fresh state election.
BN and its media, he claimed, were now trying hard to convince the public that Pakatan was the cause of the Perak political deadlock when the truth was otherwise.
“We have called for a fresh election to end the impasse but BN has refused to do so,” he said.
He urged Penanti voters to give PKR candidate Mansor Othman (right) a big win in next Sunday’s by-election to send a strong message to the Putrajaya leadership that they were unhappy with the constitutional crisis in Perak.
“Give PKR and Pakatan a big win to convey everyone’s anger and frustration over the Perak crisis,” he said.
Why the U-turn on by-election?
He also criticised BN’s quick decision to contest the forthcoming Manek Urai state by-election in Kelantan after passing over Penanti.
He taunted BN for making a complete U-turn with its decision to join the fray in Manek Urai as this went against its reasons not to contest Penanti.
“BN said Penanti by-election was a waste of public resources which can be better used to rebuild the country’s economy.
“Don’t tell me that the economy has been rebuilt now and it would not be a waste of public fund, time and energy to contest Manek Urai.
“It clearly showed the real reasons behind BN pullout from Penanti,” said Anwar, suggesting that Umno was scared to fight PKR.
Speaking at a by-election rally in Padang Ibu, Penanti last night, Anwar said he was disappointed that ousted menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin was denied the chance to “govern a people-orientated administration”.
He contended that Nizar did not deserve to be booted out because he was a “capable, clean and caring” leader.According to the opposition leader, Nizar had safeguarded the interests of the poor and needy in his one-year stint as Perak menteri besar.
“He did not misappropriate or spend lavish public funds on mega-projects. He did not steal logging revenue and solicit shares for himself.
“Maybe those were his wrongdoings,” quipped Anwar in his typical reverse psychology one-liner to the 3,000-strong crowd in the remote village.
PKR supremo Anwar said the court decision did not surprise him because “Pakatan Rakyat could sense it was coming based on series of judicial decisions over the years”.
The Court of Appeal yesterday allowed Zambry’s appeal and reversed the earlier Kuala Lumpur High Court decision that declared PAS leader Nizar as the rightful menteri besar of Perak.
Send a strong message to Putrajaya
The Permatang Pauh parliamentarian went on to lambast BN for not heeding popular demand to dissolve the Perak assembly and pave the way for a fresh state election.
BN and its media, he claimed, were now trying hard to convince the public that Pakatan was the cause of the Perak political deadlock when the truth was otherwise.
“We have called for a fresh election to end the impasse but BN has refused to do so,” he said.
He urged Penanti voters to give PKR candidate Mansor Othman (right) a big win in next Sunday’s by-election to send a strong message to the Putrajaya leadership that they were unhappy with the constitutional crisis in Perak.“Give PKR and Pakatan a big win to convey everyone’s anger and frustration over the Perak crisis,” he said.
Why the U-turn on by-election?
He also criticised BN’s quick decision to contest the forthcoming Manek Urai state by-election in Kelantan after passing over Penanti.
He taunted BN for making a complete U-turn with its decision to join the fray in Manek Urai as this went against its reasons not to contest Penanti.
“BN said Penanti by-election was a waste of public resources which can be better used to rebuild the country’s economy.
“Don’t tell me that the economy has been rebuilt now and it would not be a waste of public fund, time and energy to contest Manek Urai.
“It clearly showed the real reasons behind BN pullout from Penanti,” said Anwar, suggesting that Umno was scared to fight PKR.
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