Dr Mahathir again claims Anwar lacks popularity with Malays to be Pakatan’s PM candidate | Malay Mail

Dr Mahathir again claims Anwar lacks popularity with Malays to be Pakatan’s PM candidate

Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020 10:22 AM MYTMahathir pointed out that Anwar could not get the support of the Malays and win the election on three previous occasions. — Picture by Hari Anggara

“It has been shown that the support of the Malays is very important for any party to win the election, and because he’s not very popular — being the leader of a multi-racial party — he needs somebody who’s leader of the Malays to help him win the election.” “I have already given a promise that I would step down after six months. But he didn’t want me to be the prime minister at all. That makes it difficult to work together,” he said.

The parties of Pakatan Harapan only came into power in 2018 after Dr Mahathir and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia joined the fray, but lost power after Dr Mahathir resigned as prime minister in early March., Dr Mahathir said his refusal to back Anwar was not due to any distrust of the latter, but a matter of pragmatism, claiming his former deputy could not muster enough support from among Opposition parties to mount a credible challenge against Perikatan Nasional.

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