Is PKR using Dr M to unseat Najib?
Rafizi’s NGO called NOW invites Mahathir Mohamad to a controversial forum to scrutinise the beleaguered 1MDB.
James Sivalingam, Free Malaysia Today
PKR and by extension Pakatan Rakyat have found an unlikely ally in Dr Mahathir Mohamad in their quest to destabilise Prime Minister Najib Razak.
In an unprecedented move, the National Oversight and Whistleblowers (NOW) centre extended an official invitation to Mahathir to attend a forum entitled “1MDB: Malaysia in Debt?” that is aimed at having frank discussions on the many grievous discrepancies in the country’s second sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB.
Confirming the invitation, director of NOW Akmal Nasir said Mahathir’s office had made contact with them this morning but had not confirmed if the former premier would indeed attend.
Explaining the decision to invite Mahathir, Akmal recounted the former premier’s outspokenness in the past regarding 1MDB, and hoped that media interest alone would persuade him to attend.
He added, “So far, I think he (Dr Mahathir) has no avenue to meet the Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan or engage directly with 1MDB.
“That’s why we thought by holding this forum, he might be interested to come, to get a chance to sit with the government and the opposition on this issue.”
