All eyes in Malaysia are turning towards Azmin Ali and his fellow 10 members of parliament who quit Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), as they are now perceived as the originators of a failed coup.
In response to what has become the most tumultuous series of events in Malaysia’s political process in years, the gang of 11 has since issued a statement on Monday, Feb. 24 night.
In it, they said they are not traitors who betrayed the ruling coalition.
Instead, their actions were merely a “proactive step” to put an end to what they said was a conspiracy to oust Mahathir Mohamad as the prime minister in the middle of his term.
The group said: “We believe that forcing the prime minister to set a handover date is a malicious attempt to make the prime minister a ‘lame duck PM’.”
The group also said it firmly denies allegations of “those who label us as traitors”.
The statement said: “Those who sought to oust the prime minister mid-term are the real traitors because they prioritise power transition over the implementation of government policies which are aimed at restoring the economy and improving the people’s well-being.”
“Our efforts prove that the said group is aware of the mistake they have committed, hence their statements supporting YAB Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to continue his role as prime minister until end of his term,” the statement also said.
Who are the 11 MPs?
The exodus of the 11 MPs on Monday involved four ministers and a deputy parliament speaker.
On Sunday, PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim noted that there were efforts to break up Pakatan Harapan (PH) to form a new government.
That day, Azmin’s faction in PKR and Bersatu had an audience with the Malaysian king together with four other political parties not in the PH coalition.
On Monday, Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said the party has decided to leave PH.
Anwar said those involved were former friends from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) and a small group from PKR.
Not wanting to be part of the plan, Mahathir submitted his resignation as prime minister and Bersatu chairman — also seen as a way to clear his name.
The king accepted Mahathir’s resignation as prime minister, but appointed him as interim prime minister.
In the statement issued by Azmin and his colleagues, they said they had witnessed how some PH leaders pressured Mahathir on Friday to set a date to hand over to Anwar, which was why they acted, they said.
Top photo via Bernama
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