Infighting sabotaging our Kajang chances, warns Lim
Anwar’s real enemies in Kajang by-election are not the independent candidates, MCA or even Umno, but Pakatan/PKR internal feuds and infighting.
(FMT) – DAP’s veteran leader Lim Kit Siang today warned that internal feuds in PKR and Pakatan Rakyat, if left unchecked, can cause a major problem for Anwar Ibrahim in the Kajang state seat by-election on March 23.
“In the Kajang by-election, we can only suffer defeats and setbacks of our own making,” he said today in a statement.
“At stake in the Kajang by-election is not just Anwar’s personal political future, but the future of Pakatan Rakyat, three million Selangorians and 30 million Malaysians,” he added.
Lim said that the harsh reality was that a defeat in the Kajang by-election – in failing to achieve a resounding and historic victory – cannot be ruled out.
“It is imperative that all the three Pakatan Rakyat parties of PKR, PAS and DAP must take immediate measures to close ranks, put aside our differences, ensure that we do not shoot ourselves in the foot,” he added.
“Anwar’s real enemies in Kajang by-election are not the independent candidates, MCA or even Umno, but Pakatan/PKR internal feuds and infighting,” he further said.
The Gelang Patah MP said all three Pakatan parties must be united to ensure a huge victory of Anwar, as well as creating a stepping stone for them to capture Putrajaya in next general election.
“We must ensure that Anwar wins with a resounding and thunderous majority which will immediately send out a message to all nooks and corners of Malaysia that Putrajaya awaits change in the 14GE.
“Just a simple victory in Kajang is a defeat. We must aim for a historic victory,” he added.
Lim’s ominous message is clearly a warning aimed at PKR over the party’s ongoing infighting to take control of the state. Pakatan has been at the helm in the state since the 2008 GE, with PKR taking the lead.
