KUCHING: The anti-Najib movement led by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and opposition leaders has been described as an unfortunate episode in the country by Assistant Minister of Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
“It is out of my wildest dream that the ‘Hunter’ and the ‘Hunted’ could sit down and be in the same ‘Team’.
“How juicy can Malaysia’s political scene be? It sounds a bit like a Hindustani movie, however, this time it is for real,” he told The Borneo Post when contacted yesterday.
“Personally I think Tun Mahathir should stay ‘above board’ and avoid politics, he has his days. As such, he should just be a senior statesman and a person whom the present leaders can seek for his views and opinion for the good of the nation. It’s just unfortunate he chooses to be directly involved in such movement.”
Abdul Karim opined that Mahathir should respect the mandate that the ‘rakyat’ had given Najib in the 13th General Election (GE13) and leave the present administration alone.
“He has poked his nose at former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and now he is doing the same against current prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Does he think he is the only capable prime minister?” Abdul Karim questioned.
On another development, Abdul Karim who is also the Assistant Minister of Youth Development (Urban) said the State Barisan Nasional (BN) is not taking the forthcoming state election lightly despite being confident of a sure win.
“Nothing should be taken for granted and as such one should not start counting the chicken before the eggs hatch,” referring to a Malay idiom against complacency.
He added whether the opposition parties were in turmoil or not was not BN’s business.
“We do know that the opposition coalition is just a ‘marriage of convenience’ and that their recent meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 19 to resolve their overlapping seats issue had failed to achieve a common ground.
“Each of the parties has its own agenda, in which the nation and people’s welfare are the least of their priorities. As such, we are excepting more squabbles among them as the election date is approaching, I am very sure there will be several seats seeing the opposition parties contesting against each other.”
“We trust the ‘rakyat’ know who are sincere and can deliver a better service and promises.”
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