PKR veep: Dr M planned unity govt all along, with an eye to axe Pakatan leaders
“All Dr Mahathir had to do was to sack five cabinet members, reappoint and move on. Why did he allow the collapse of a legitimately elected government and now say that he wants to save the country?”
(MMO) – KR vice-president Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar alleged that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had all along planned the formation of a unity government.
He claimed Dr Mahathir did nothing to stop the purported coup led by former PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali over the weekend and chose to stay at home instead.
“Looking back during the past few days, it is now quite clear there was a plan to form a unity government without PH,” he said in a statement today.
He recalled that last Friday (February 21) the PH presidential council meeting agreed to give Dr Mahathir the freedom to determine when he wants to step down as Prime Minister.
This was to save PH as the government was chosen by the people, he said.
“As tensions had risen during the meeting, it was Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who calmed everyone downand told Dr Mahathir to decide himself when the appropriate date was to be.
“All satisfied, we came out of that meeting intact as PH.
“On Sunday (February 23), Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Datuk Seri Hadi Awang executed the attempted coup, to form a Perikatan Nasional coalition.
“This was going on for the whole day with the events at Sheraton Hotel and various party meetings elsewhere and there was no attempt by Dr Mahathir to put a stop to this,” he said.
