KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's claim that Pakatan Rakyat can form the next government by Sept 16 is part of his political gamesmanship, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
"He can make all sorts of claims. He will make all sorts of claims. It is part of a political gamesmanship he is playing," the Deputy Prime Minister told reporters Thursday after visiting the 11th Defence Services Asia exhibition and conference here.
He was asked to respond on Anwar's claim on Wednesday, which was made during his two-day visit to Sabah.
Asked what measures Barisan Nasional is taking to avoid potential crossovers by Sabah and Sarawak MPs to the Opposition as claimed by Anwar, Najib said, "We don't expect that they will leave the ruling party."
He said hopefully, the MPs would remain loyal to Barisan because the ruling coalition has served the nation all this while.
"Barisan MPs won in the March general election under the Barisan ticket. They must be confident that the country's future is guaranteed under the ruling coalition."
Sabah and Sarawak hold 50 out of 140 parliamentary seats belonging to Barisan and the Opposition needs at least 30 MPs in order to form the government.
On Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim's proposal for Umno to set up a special commission to probe the reasons for the party's dismal performance in the elections, Najib dismissed it saying: "There's no need for such a commission."
tunku : anwar trying to make everyone panic and believe that he's going to be the next pm.no one in this world can assure that he will be the next pm or president unless he wins the election or there is a coup de'tat by him.
about the commission suggested by rais, i think there is no need for such commission , the only thing that they should do right now is the EGM .
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My dear Tunku,
Say what you like, but what cannot be denied is that Najib and other top UMNO leaders are scared of Anwar. Many times before the general election, UMNO kept on telling the rakyat that Anwar is finished, finished. Was Anwar finished? Let the GE results speak for themselves and PR did well against BN because Anwar was able to unite Keadilan, DAP and PAS. If UMNO leaders continue to make mistakes as they are doing now, they, instead of Anwar will be finished, I mean politically.
Dr Rais Yatim is the only intelligent UMNO leader and his proposal for a commission to investigate UMNO for corrective measures is very sound. Yet Najib and others have instantly shot Dr Rais down. Please remember that Mahathir started this culture in UMNO of not wanting good able leaders, only lousy or average ones at the best, like Ghafar Baba, Pak Lah or Najib to succeed him as PM.That was why Musa and Anwar were kicked out because Mahathir was afraid they were too smart. Pak Lah punished Rais in 2004 when he said something sensible (I can't remember butlike what he is saying now)and gave him the lousy portfolio of Culture & Heritage Minister. Rais was a good man and humbly accepted the position and did a very good job out of it. Now Pak lah perhaps opened his eyes a bit and made Rais Foreign Minister.
I would support Rais as the next PM of Malaysia (assuming BN able to hold on and prevent its MPs from defecting to PR) as he has certainly much more otak than the likes of people like Najib, Muhyiddin and even Tengku Razaleigh.
Have a nice day my dear Tunku
pakatan rakyat won 82 seats because of pak lah's leadership, not because of anwar factor.just wait for the next election to confirm it.
dear takda nama atau anonymous,
Afraid I will have to disagree with you. Pakatan won 82 because of Anwar's leadership. Pakatan would have won even more seats if BN had not cheated. Yes by next election,assuming everything now continues to remain unchanged,next general election will confirm BN being pushed to the opposition and Pakatan becoming gomen with Anwar as PM
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