12 May, 2008
(The Star) - KOTA KINABALU: Parti Keadilan Rakyat is in “real” discussions with Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament (MPs) to cross over to Pakatan Rakyat.
“The discussions are on. They are very real. Over 30 Barisan MPs have decided to join the opposition coalition. The opposition only need 30 more MPs from Barisan to form the federal government. It is only a matter of time,” said PKR Sabah liasion chief Ansari Abdullah.
He dismissed Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s claim that PKR was only playing politics with their statements about Barisan MPs ready to cross over to the Pakatan Rakyat.
“At this very moment, there are Barisan MPs in discussion with our leaders in Kuala Lumpur and some have also talked to me,” Ansari told reporters here yesterday.
He said that Najib’s claims that PKR statements was just a political gimmick was his own reading, unlike former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah who had a better understanding of the political situation in the country.
On the issue of DAP chairman Karpal Singh questioning the powers of the Perak Sultan, Ansari said it was impolite to raise the matter.
However, he asked why no action was taken against Umno leaders who questioned the Perlis and Terengganu rulers during the confusion before the appointments of their respective Mentris Besar.
“If they want to take action, they should also act against those Umno leaders who publicly voiced their unhappiness over the Rulers’ decisions,” he said, adding that Karpal, who should not have voiced it publicly, was only discussing the powers on points of law.
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The constitutional crises of 1983, 1988 and 1992 saw all Umno ministers running down the Malay Rulers. Tun Mahathir and his cohorts should have been charged with sedition, even Anwar Ibrahim too. Umno sold the rights of the Malay king to favour Tun M. Now, when they lost five states, suddenly their love for the Malay kings are alive again.
The problem with PR is that Karpal and Lim Kit Siang sometimes talk without thinking. To both of them and others at large, please do not ever run down the Malay kings in any way. Umno will use it to scare off the general Malays from supporting PR.
Yes, we want a change of this corrupt government but not at the expense of Malay sovereignty in the country.
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