Kit Siang says loser can be deputy prime minister

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Publish date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021, 10:49 AM

The DAP strongman's call is seen as indirectly suggesting that Anwar Ibrahim be made Ismail Sabri Yaakob's deputy.

DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has indirectly proposed that Anwar Ibrahim be appointed as deputy prime minister in a soon-to-be-formed government, as it becomes known that the PKR president has failed to obtain the majority support.

“If there are only two names for the position of prime minister, then one can be prime minister and the other deputy prime minister to form a war Cabinet to combine all political forces in a war Parliament to gain control of the war against Covid-19 pandemic and to pave the way for 15th general election in 18 months’ time,” Lim said in a statement, as 114 MPs head to Istana Negara today to personally verify their choice of prime minister.

It is understood that the 114, comprising MPs from Perikatan Nasional, Umno and GPS, backed Ismail Sabri Yaakob for prime minister in their statutory letters to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong yesterday.

The move indicates Anwar’s failure to obtain the support of the majority.

Lim, in making his proposal, said Malaysia was in its “darkest hour” and that the remedy was a “war Cabinet and a war Parliament”.

Anwar served as deputy prime minister under the Barisan Nasional government in 1998, his last post in a ruling capacity before his dramatic sacking by then-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/08/19/kit-siang-says-loser-can-be-deputy-prime-minister/

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Sslee

Father and son so naive/ignorant/innocent to suggest loser can be deputy prime minister when our system is winner take all.

2021-08-19 10:58

chinaman

real emperor pulling the string behind is najis...

2021-08-19 10:59

stockfreak

How about C19? Or C9? You Apek only want C9 problem get solved? We want C19 problem get solved.

Who to be deputy PM, only C9 cares.

2021-08-19 11:01

nhbeen

I agree with Sslee. Father and son so naive. Always dreaming of going into power again after loosing out. Now we can see the real skin of them - POWER and not the people.

2021-08-19 11:05

nhbeen

It is going to a tough PM chair to sit as no single party holds majority. The coalition will fall when any one party decides to pull their string of support. Just like what our former PM faced. So even though UMNO candidate becomes PM, it simply cannot do what they like in old time.

2021-08-19 11:07

Sslee

All our effort on voting out the kleptocrats/corrupted UMNO warlords is now in vain with the return of UMNO PM. No thanks to DSAI and LGE.

2021-08-19 11:23

stockfreak

De SAI and the Lees are responsible for putting Klepto back in power.

Singapore is fortunate to have the Lees and we over here are sad to have the different Lees.

The 114 number will grow as Umnopoly is good at buying frogs and goreng stocks.

2021-08-19 11:26

stockfreak

Pakatan was given the chance to work with MyHiadi last week to fix the Katak problem by changing law. It was one of the items listed in the once-in-a-lifetime collaboration.

Do you think Pakatan still has the chance to fix this? 105 and decreasing and counting...

2021-08-19 11:49

Sslee

Stockfreak the Lims not the Lees of Malaysia.

2021-08-19 12:06

stockfreak

Yes. Got it wrong. Thanks for correction.

2021-08-19 20:49

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