Sabah PKR turned into a mosquito party: Rebel
Published on: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Kota Kinabalu: Former Sabah PKR Women Chief Rahimah Majid accused Sabah PKR Chief Datuk Christina Liew (pic) of granting huge concessions to Parti Warisan Sabah, surrendering many incumbent PKR seats in PRU-14 and decimating PKR Sabah. “Her actions resulted in turning PKR Sabah into a mosquito party with two ADUNs only, from eight won during PRU-13.
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“She should have been sacked but, instead, got rewarded by (party president Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim with re-appointment as PKR Sabah Chief against the wishes of the majority of Divisional leaders and members,” she alleged.
“She had done little to strengthen PKR Sabah during her years as PKR Sabah Chief and failed to provide the leadership and focus after PRU-14. It was a grave mistake by Anwar and his unpopular decision caused the downfall of PKR Sabah,” she charged.
Rahimah claimed in a statement that PKR was also no longer what it was, has no direction and lost sight of its original objectives because it focused on the personal interest and ambition of Anwar and certain other individuals.
Touching on her suspension by the party recently, Rahimah said she is not going to appeal as there is no case to answer.
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“My purported suspension without any lawful justification together with similar suspension and unwarranted expulsion of several hundred PKR leaders only reveal a witch-hunt of long loyal party leaders.
“The credibility of PKR Disciplinary Board is also in question. The Board failed to exercise their duty diligently and the sacking and suspension of most of the leaders and members without proof or failing in setting out the basis of their decision, has rendered the Board to become a tool of the party president,” she contended.
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She declared that after much deep thought, she and many other PKR leaders and members have no alternative but to leave PKR.
“Joining me in leaving the party are a majority of the Kudat PKR Division Committee members and nine (9) Ketua Wanita Cabang and State Women Wing’s Committee Members.
“It has been our beloved party for which we and tens of thousands of others have soldiered and sacrificed for years to build to what it is today.
“The high-point of our sacrifices have been the bitter-sweet victory of capturing the Federal Government on the historic and earth shattering PRU-14 general election on May 9, 2018.
“The party that we have helped built and once cherish has changed and morphed from its fight against injustice and equality for all for a better Malaysia…into one that is used to fuel a personal ambition and no longer upholds justice and equality for all.”
She also claimed that Parti Keadilan Rakyat was responsible for the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Federal Government because of “Anwar’s desperation to become the 8th Prime Minister”.
According to her, after PH (without Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia or Bersatu) had agreed 100pc support for Tun Dr Mahathir (to remain as PM) on Feb. 25, Anwar led PH to change their decision the night before and, instead, back him as PM during the interview of MPs by the Agong on Feb. 27.
“This was a grave strategic error and pure stupidity as PH then without Bersatu had only 92 MPs short of the simple majority of 112 and insufficient for the Agong to exercise his constitutional discretion to appoint Anwar as PM.
“PH even had the audacity to charter an open-deck bus to ferry its MPs to the Istana and were in a celebratory mood despite knowing fully well they did not have the required 112 simple majority,” she said.
Rahimah said it was political suicide for Anwar and PH to withdraw support for Dr Mahathir at that time.
“It also makes one wonder about the wisdom of DAP leaders in blindly supporting Anwar as PM, knowing fully well that Anwar and PH without Bersatu did not command the majority of MPs to allow the Agong to appoint him as PM.
“If Anwar and PH had acted correctly strategically instead of being blinded by sheer greed and lust to be the PM, and had their 92 MPs supported Tun (Mahathir) at the Istana, the Agong would have no alternative but to re-appoint Tun,” she said.
She said the support by the 92 PH MPs together with the 65 MPs from Bersatu, Sabah and Sarawak would have given Tun a bigger than 2/3 majority and PH with Bersatu and Sabah and Sarawak parties would still be the Federal Government today.
“Instead, Anwar and PH only realised their folly on the night of Feb 27 and reverted their stand on the 28th after meeting Tun again to bring back Tun into the PH fold. Alas, it was too late as the Agong had by then appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as PM,” she said.
She opined it was a correct exercise on the part of his Majesty’s discretion, as the sitting of Parliament on May 18 confirmed that Muhyiddin did command the support of more than the required simple majority of 112 MPs.
“Anwar’s actions, especially when the country was facing a global Covid-19 pandemic and worldwide economic downturn, seem to confirm the general view of his lack of ability to be able to lead Malaysia forward as its prime minister, whether it be PM8, PM9 or PM10,” she said.
She said Anwar and his bunch were more concerned about the transition of power and making him PM8, instead of formulating and introducing policies to strengthen the economy and improve the well-being of the people who had voted out Barisan Nasional (BN) and install PH as the new Federal Government in 14th General Election (GE14).
She claimed that since PH took over the Federal Government in May 2018, there was little or no input from Anwar to develop the economy or for the well-being of all Malaysians or moving Malaysia forward.
“All that was shown was the incessant pressure to get Dr Mahathir to step down or to announce a formal date for the handover of PM-ship which would have made Dr Mahathir a ‘lame-duck’ PM and toothless government.
“Anwar should have behaved and acted like a PM-in-waiting, not like a desperado with hooligans at his back and call to disrupt Dr Mahathir. We should honour and respect Tun for he had contributed the tipping point for PH to win PRU-14, without which, PH would still be the opposition.”
She further claimed that Anwar’s selfish ambition and desperation had not only caused infighting and instability in PKR, but also seriously undermined the position of PH government.
“This has affected the smooth governance of the Federal Government. If Anwar had done his part to unite and strengthen the party, PKR could have been the strongest party in PH and it would have eventually helped Anwar to be PM8. Instead, he had done the opposite and becoming the real traitor to his own party,” she claimed.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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