Anwar DPM post - Pakatan allies zip lips
Alyaa AzharPublished: Feb 17, 2015 8:53 AM | Updated: Feb 17, 2015 11:10 AM
While PKR confirms that an offer was made to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for to take up deputy prime minister’s post, its Pakatan Rakyat allies DAP and PAS have different answers with regard to the matter.
When contacted, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang simply said he had 'no comment' on the matter while DAP acting chairperson Tan Kok Wai said he was 'not sure'about the details of the matter.
PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali on the other hand said he was not in the know of the matter. “I really don’t know anything,” he told Malaysiakini .
While PKR confirms that an offer was made to opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for to take up deputy prime minister’s post, its Pakatan Rakyat allies DAP and PAS have different answers with regards to the issue.
When contacted, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang simply said he had 'no comment' while DAP acting chairperson Tan Kok Wai said he was 'not sure'about the details of the matter.
PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali on the other hand said he was not in the know. “I really don’t know anything about it,” he told Malaysiakini.
PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli at a press conference today said that apart from the deputy prime minister’s post, PKR leaders were also offered several ministerial posts.
Rafizi, however, said that it was not a 'genuine offer' as Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had balked when PKR said that DAP and PAS should be included in the picture.
Nurul said it first
Rafizi, who is also PKR vice-president, also revealed Anwar had briefed the Pakatan leadership on the PM's offer but they had kept the matter under wraps until now out of respect for Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla whom he said was the mediator.
PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar had before this once claimed that her father had been offered the deputy prime minister's post.
Umno ministers Khairy Jamaluddin and Abdul Rahman Dahlan had then taken digs at Nurul, who is Lembah Pantai MP, with the latter saying that it was impossible for Najib to make the offer as Anwar had a 'poor success rate'.
When contacted, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang simply said he had 'no comment' while DAP acting chairperson Tan Kok Wai said he was 'not sure'about the details of the matter.PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali on the other hand said he was not in the know. “I really don’t know anything about it,” he told Malaysiakini.
PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli at a press conference today said that apart from the deputy prime minister’s post, PKR leaders were also offered several ministerial posts.
Rafizi, however, said that it was not a 'genuine offer' as Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had balked when PKR said that DAP and PAS should be included in the picture.
Nurul said it first
Rafizi, who is also PKR vice-president, also revealed Anwar had briefed the Pakatan leadership on the PM's offer but they had kept the matter under wraps until now out of respect for Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla whom he said was the mediator.
PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar had before this once claimed that her father had been offered the deputy prime minister's post.
Umno ministers Khairy Jamaluddin and Abdul Rahman Dahlan had then taken digs at Nurul, who is Lembah Pantai MP, with the latter saying that it was impossible for Najib to make the offer as Anwar had a 'poor success rate'.
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