The knives are out in Bersatu
The impending Parliament meeting has become the arena for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to unleash his psywar on his nemesis Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Joceline Tan, The Star
TAN Sri Muhyiddin Yassin must have felt like he was backstabbed again when he learnt that his one-time ally, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, had requested a motion in Parliament that would undermine his position as the Prime Minister.
The first stab-in-the-back was in February when the charismatic Warisan president stunned Muhyiddin by aligning with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Muhyiddin had told his close circle then: “Now I know who my friends are.”
But the second stab must have been just as hurtful because Shafie’s attempted motion was aimed at driving home the point that Dr Mahathir deserves to be the prime minister.
The politics between the Mahathir faction and the Muhyiddin camp in Bersatu is on fire and the surprising thing is how Warisan has allowed itself to be dragged into the fray.
Dr Mahathir seems set on bringing down yet another prime minister, something he has quite a bit of experience in doing.
It has since transpired that Dr Mahathir had, on his part, also requested to move a motion of no confidence against Muhyiddin.
It was a direct strike against his own party president.
“This is an all-out war. Tun Mahathir made it clear from the start that he did not want anything to do with kleptocrats.
“He will take it all the way because he is not a man who does things by halves, ” said Bersatu supreme council member Akhramsyah Sanusi.
Dr Mahathir is attacking Muhyiddin on all fronts.
