Anwar-Dr M combo: Third time is not the charm - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy

Two Dicks

Malaysiakini : “I was with him and I was informed (about his decision to resign) but I couldn’t announce it until it was released publicly. I did appeal to him (to stay) on behalf of PKR and Pakatan Harapan.” - Anwar Ibrahim

COMMENT | Terence Fernandez in his opinion piece in Sinar Harian nailed it when it comes to this idea that an Anwar-Dr M combo is the way forward for Harapan. It is not. Fernandez wrote: "Penulis berpendapat inilah masanya untuk Dr Mahathir (Mohamad) mengundurkan diri daripada politik negara.

Anwar (Ibrahim) pula, kalau berserah kepada suara-suara Amanah dan DAP untuk bekerjasama sekali lagi dengan bekas bos beliau yang sudah dua kali mempermainkannya, ramai akan menyoal penaakulannya sebagai calon Perdana Menteri. Dr Mahathir tidak akan bertukar jalur atau bintiknya – tidak pada usia 95 tahun, pada ambang senja riwayatnya.

Kalau gandingan rapuh ini tidak berjaya pada tahun 1998 dan sekali lagi pada tahun 2020, apakah jaminan yang ia akan berjaya pada cubaan ketiga?”

While Harapan continues to dither on the premiership question, the Perikatan Nasional (PN) regime continues to systematically subvert government institutions, turning them into cash cows for potential mercenaries from Harapan. Not to mention "get out of jail" cards for alleged kleptocrats.

As one nascent Umno warlord told me recently, the mandarins in Umno have the PN government by the short and curlies and they have no intention of letting go any time soon.

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