Is this based on consensus on merely Kit Siang’s idea?
Salleh Said Keruak
Earlier, Rafizi Ramli said if Pakatan wins the next general election Anwar Ibrahim is going to become the new Prime Minister. Before that, during a talk in the UK, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Muhyiddin Yassin will be the Prime Minister and then back-tracked and said it was too early to decide that. Now Lim Kit Siang says Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Muhyiddin Yassin will the interim or temporary Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively.
This means Wan Azizah will be Prime Minister just for a few months until Anwar is pardoned by DYMM the Agong, is freed from jail, a PKR MP vacates his or her seat, a by-election is held, and Anwar wins that by-election and takes over as Prime Minister, the whole process which should take a few months. Once Anwar takes over as PM, he then choose his Deputy to replace the interim DPM, Muhyiddin. Who Anwar’s DPM is going to be is not known as this stage.
Kit Siang did not tell us wether this proposal for interim PM and DPM is based on consensus and whether it has the agreement of all parties in Pakatan, including Mahathir’s Pribumi. Will this also apply in the event DAP wins the most number of parliament seats in the general election and some of those who win are DAP’s Malay candidates?
