KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat leaders have denied involvement in issuing a document that appears to detail a Pakatan Rakyat-led Cabinet as the countdown continues to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s self-imposed deadline to topple the BN government by Sept 16.
The Malaysian Insider understands that the document has been circulating for at least two days and two versions exist, one with DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang and another with Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang as one of three deputy prime ministers. Another deputy prime minister is Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee who has expressed no confidence in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Anwar, the de facto Pakatan Rakyat chief who is vying for a return to Parliament via the Permatang Pauh by-election next week, called the single-leaf A4-sized sheet an attempt by the BN to confuse the voters in the constituency in the current hustings.
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department and of Information respectively, also denied any involvement. Nazri called the the supposed lineup as "Cabinet BABI — Barisan Anwar bin Ibrahim”.
PKR vice-president R. Sivarasa, in affirming Anwar’s denial of involvement, confirmed that the document had received that moniker.
Pas Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub said that it was the work of “certain parties” who were worried about Anwar’s impending victory and were trying to raise doubts in the minds of voters. He called on the public to approach the various tactics and strategies being employed with maturity.
DAP MPs M. Kulasegaran and Chong Eng called it “nonsense” and “ridiculous” respectively, with the latter saying that it might be the work of BN supporters. Pas Kuala Krai MP Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli said that the document was definitely false as “my face is not in it”.
Anwar has said that some 40 MPs are ready to cross over from the BN by Sept 16 to help him topple the BN and form a federal government. His Pakatan Rakyat now has 81 MPs and controls five states after a historic triumph in the March 8 general election. The BN, which was the expanded successor of the original three-party alliance that got Malaysia's independence in 1957, has 14 parties and 140 lawmakers in the 222-seat Parliament.
One MP, Pasir Mas’s Datuk Ibrahim Ali, has declared himself an Independent despite contesting on a Pas ticket.
Anwar is expected to easily beat the BN’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah and Pas splinter party Akim president Hanafi Mamat in the Permatang Pauh by-election on Aug 26.
The Malaysian Insider understands that the document has been circulating for at least two days and two versions exist, one with DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang and another with Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang as one of three deputy prime ministers. Another deputy prime minister is Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee who has expressed no confidence in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Anwar, the de facto Pakatan Rakyat chief who is vying for a return to Parliament via the Permatang Pauh by-election next week, called the single-leaf A4-sized sheet an attempt by the BN to confuse the voters in the constituency in the current hustings.
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department and of Information respectively, also denied any involvement. Nazri called the the supposed lineup as "Cabinet BABI — Barisan Anwar bin Ibrahim”.
PKR vice-president R. Sivarasa, in affirming Anwar’s denial of involvement, confirmed that the document had received that moniker.
Pas Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub said that it was the work of “certain parties” who were worried about Anwar’s impending victory and were trying to raise doubts in the minds of voters. He called on the public to approach the various tactics and strategies being employed with maturity.
DAP MPs M. Kulasegaran and Chong Eng called it “nonsense” and “ridiculous” respectively, with the latter saying that it might be the work of BN supporters. Pas Kuala Krai MP Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli said that the document was definitely false as “my face is not in it”.
Anwar has said that some 40 MPs are ready to cross over from the BN by Sept 16 to help him topple the BN and form a federal government. His Pakatan Rakyat now has 81 MPs and controls five states after a historic triumph in the March 8 general election. The BN, which was the expanded successor of the original three-party alliance that got Malaysia's independence in 1957, has 14 parties and 140 lawmakers in the 222-seat Parliament.
One MP, Pasir Mas’s Datuk Ibrahim Ali, has declared himself an Independent despite contesting on a Pas ticket.
Anwar is expected to easily beat the BN’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah and Pas splinter party Akim president Hanafi Mamat in the Permatang Pauh by-election on Aug 26.
-TMI
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