4 ‘Save Malaysia’ campaigns, many focuses, one goal
(TMI) – Last Friday’s Citizens’ Declaration is just one of four distinct movements calling for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s ouster, yet anti-Najib forces see the crowded scene as a boon rather than a cause for confusion.
The movements – Pakatan Harapan’s “Save Malaysia Consensus”, Mazlan Aliman’s “Save Malaysia Coalition”, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s “Save Malaysia”, and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s “Citizens’ Declaration”, exist concurrently because they differ in terms of what they fight for, their leaders say.
They say the only common point is their desire to see Najib step down.
“I think all have good, similar intentions, but the details vary from one movement to another. And that is what preventing them from coming together as one,” said Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, Pakatan Harapan’s chief secretary.
Saifuddin said the Save Malaysia Consensus had four thrusts: removing Najib, destroying Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN), freeing former opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and completing reforms of key institutions such as the judiciary, among others.
