Anwar: Approaching Mahathir not discussed but ties with Bersatu in flux
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has said that the issue of approaching Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad was not discussed during a Pakatan Harapan meeting this evening.
"No, that doesn't arise," he said after a meeting with Harapan leaders at Eastin Hotel in Petaling Jaya...
PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has said that the issue of approaching Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad was not discussed during a Pakatan Harapan meeting this evening.
"No, that doesn't arise," he said after a meeting with Harapan leaders at Eastin Hotel in Petaling Jaya.
However, he indicated that Harapan's relationship with its former coalition partner Bersatu is still in a state of flux.
"We change by the day," he said when asked if Harapan will accept Bersatu into the coalition if there were a request.
On Monday, Mahathir had resigned as prime minister after his party, together with rogue MPs from PKR, BN, PAS, Warisan and GPS tried to form a new coalition to replace the Harapan government.
Mahathir also resigned as Bersatu chairperson after his party president Muhyiddin Yassin took the party out of Harapan.
The new coalition had wanted to keep Mahathir as prime minister of the new coalition but Mahathir said he cannot accept working with Umno.
He conceded that his party Bersatu and some Harapan defectors had led to the collapse of the government.
The Bersatu leadership had spent the last few days trying to convince Mahathir not to resign as Bersatu chairperson.
Bersatu today announced that Mahathir has finally agreed to stay on as party chairperson.
Harapan leaders had also tried to convince Mahathir to restore the previous Harapan government but Mahathir was adamant about a new unity government that does not follow party lines.
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