Anwar’s roundtable talks invite could be a plan, says DAP MP

The duo, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, felt they could outwit each other, he claimed in his blog.

 

“Only Pak Pandir would rush to a place where even angels fear going,” the DAP assemblyman said in reference to a character renowned for his foolishness.

 

In giving his two cents over the olive branch offered by Anwar to discuss policy issues with the government, Mohd Ariff, better known as blogger Sakmongkol AK47, suggested it was a plan to cut off former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

 

A peace pact between Najib and the de-facto PKR leader, he explained, is a final solution to the ‘Mahathir problem’ and would block those who are seeking the Umno presidency and premiership.

 

“If another person becomes the Umno president, the duo’s future would be bleak,” he wrote.

 

Earlier, Mohd Ariff said it was no loss if Anwar’s offer was turned down and if Umno was reluctant, Anwar’s camp should not be busybodies. 

 

This is because, Mohd Ariff believes Umno will lose in the 14th general election.

 

Anwar had yesterday said the opposition is prepared to put aside its differences for the sake of the nation’s well-being and called for Najib to convene a roundtable meeting between the Barisan Nasional government and Pakatan Rakyat.

 

The Permatang Pauh MP said crime, race relations and the nation’s shaky economic prospects must remain the concern of both the government and the opposition.

 

Mohd Ariff, who is the former Pulau Manis assemblyman, also suggested that Najib may have given Anwar the green light to make such a statement and could have already struck a deal to cement their position.

 

“This way, Najib will know who is against such a project,” he wrote.