SEPANG: Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman will not apologise to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for claims that he had been offered a deputy ministership post as incentive to join Pakatan Rakyat.Anifah said he had bigger tasks to concentrate on and did not have time to worry about Anwar’s threat to file to a defamation suit against him.
“I have no time to worry about Anwar,” he told reporters on Sunday at the KL International Airport.
“I have bigger and better things to do as Foreign Minister like helping with the efforts to counter the effects of the global economy downturn.”
Anwar on Saturday had denied making any offer to Anifah as an incentive to join Pakatan.
His lawyer Sankara Nair said in a statement that Anwar had instructed him to file a defamation suit against Anifah unless he issued an apology by Sunday.
Anifah had claimed at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington on Friday that Anwar had offered him the deputy premiership to persuade him to switch sides after the general election last year.
Anifah had also told international journalists that Anwar should respect the country’s democratic system and accept the result of the elections.
tunku : anifah is right, don't bother about anwar barking and wanting to file defamation suits as he wants to shift people's mind from his sodomize case which is coming soon.whenever he has case coming, he will create new scenes just to let people forget about his sodomize case.go ahead anwar the moron, sue anifah.
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spot on! sir.
Salam Tunku,
Is there any other way for Anwar to deny the obvious? Saman saman and saman.
In that case Anwar must in fact saman to many people. To name a few, Saiful, Dr Chandra, Ezam and Tun himself.
Peerahhh!
So many angry posts about Anifah and his "big mouth," but no one wants to link it to Anwar's already-launched American-seduction PR campaign. Just read that pandering New Yorker article. The impression I get is Malaysia is a backward neo-theocracy, with UMNO warlords running it to the ground Islamic-fundamentalism style - and Anwar is the sincere, self-doubting "messenger of god" to save the nation. What a load of cock. Sounds just like Ahmed Chelabi when he was bullshitting the Americans into invading Iraq - paint the nation as an American enemy, and they will take notice. BN is suffering from corruption and apathy, yes; Malaysia has alot of socially outdated and ineffective policies, especially race-wise, yes; people are fed up - yes! But framing us as Baath-esque, blind-to-the-world, anti-semetic religious rice-monkeys? Come on. Anwar is a true-blue traitor for going around shitting on Malaysia with such fervor, but it seems so many people want him to do exactly that. Says alot about his supporters and what they sincerely think.
People will believe exactly what they want, to get whatever it they want; that is life. Anwar is just providing himself as a receptacle for our people's projection - using their grouses as his personal platform to be Big Boss of Malaysia. Maybe the people need some kind of figure like that, to embody and fight for their frustrations. But, for the love of God, please know what kind of receptacle you are using. You may not notice it is a toilet bowl.
Nothing Anifah said is new - anyone with a passing interest in Malaysia would have heard the Altantuya accusations (even my American friends have read it in passing somewhere on international news sites, and they don't particularly give a damn about this part of the world). With the New Yorker article, the American intellectual community may now finally have Najib and Malaysia as a dirty blip on the radar. What Anifah did, in the light of this, is in my opinion, appropriate. Good thing Secretary Clinton didn't seem to take too much interest in Anwar personally (while maintaining that America brought up rule of law and due process during discussions). I think she can smell a rat here, especially considering Anwar's escapades with neo-con war-peddlers like Paul Wolfowitz. For my money, she knows how Chelabi played Wolfowitz (perhaps also the other way round), and won't take the risk on another asshole with a personal agenda. And despite his best efforts, Anwar will never be the Aung San Suu Kyi of Malaysia. How can you be, when for the first 2/3 of your career, you were the strongest man in the Junta?
By the way, I fully expect this comment, and others of similar leanings, to be mostly ignored or ridiculed. Right now, the popular thing to do is rubbish the government. All the cool kids are doing it. So will most of their fanboys.
Assalamualaikum,
Congratulations Datuk Anifah Aman for telling the truth about Anwar in America, the country that he loves most, the country that he has many friends who "love" him so much.
I understand that he will be going to Washington on the 25th of June 09 six days prior to his trial on sodomy case at the malaysian court.
If it is true, then will he be able to come back for the trial? If not is he running away or seeking political assylm in his beloved country the USA?
But if he comes back, then the rakyat of Malaysia especially SAIFUL will be glad because they will be able to follow the proceedings of the case.
Knowing Anwar as usual he will find 1000 reasons for not attending the sodomy case. My bet he will NOT ATTEND.
ahbhz
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