PETALING JAYA: As the deadlock for Pakatan Harapan’s choice of Prime Minister continues, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says again that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is not a suitable candidate because the PKR president is not popular with the Malays.
Dr Mahathir said this during an interview with CNBC to a question on why he would not hand down the reins to Anwar despite saying otherwise in 2019.
“Because he is not popular, being the leader of a multiracial party, he needs somebody who’s the leader of the Malays to win this election. On Tuesday , Parti Amanah Negara communications director Khalid Abdul Samad had said that Parti Warisan Sabah chief Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal's candidacy as Pakatan’s prime minister was set to be deliberated by the coalition’s presidential council at the soonest available time.
He had recently proposed Shafie’s name to be prime minister in bid to end the deadlock and to garner support from MPs from Sabah and Sarawak.
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