BACA PENJELASAN PENUH, KLIK DI SINI
Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen
Last month, allegations surfaced that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim no longer commanded the support of the majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
This came amid claims that over 120 Members of Parliament from the opposition and government blocks signed statutory declarations (SDs) against his favour.
However, the SDs have yet to be made public, although some quarters are adamant that the documents were presented to the previous Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah, several weeks prior to his return to Pahang.
On Monday, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul reiterated that he had not received any motion of no-confidence from any Member of Parliament.
Johari’s statement was well publicised by major news dailies associated with government, despite the opposition never once indicating a desire to test Anwar’s majority.
In fact, it was J-Kom, a government propaganda agency, that dished out a story regarding a coup attempt, purportedly hatched by some UMNO and opposition leaders in Dubai.
Not long after, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi conveniently gave a puff to J-Kom’s fluff, and this was followed by Anwar’s challenge to the opposition to move a motion of no confidence.
Question is, if Anwar is so confident that he has the numbers, why not get Zahid to initiate a vote of confidence instead?
After all, was it not Zahid who endorsed J-Kom’s half-past-six claims?
I read the claims.
The funny thing is, the same government that made them quickly brushed them off, with Anwar going so far as to say that the opposition lacked the numbers to initiate a vote of no confidence.
So why not prove it by initiating a motion of confidence instead?
Would that not convince MPs on the fence that the government is as strong as ever, perhaps even stronger?
See where I’m going with this?
BACA PENJELASAN PENUH, KLIK DI SINI
