Dr M says it was Lim Guan Eng who mooted that Shafie become PM. That may very well be true but it was clearly a suggestion. In fact, both DAP and Amanah said immediately after the meeting that this was a matter that needed to be discussed by Harapan (of which Dr M is not a member, nor is Shafie).
So, Harapan had a meeting and decided they would stick with Anwar instead. That's Harapan's prerogative. And it's the right move, by the way. Why have a coalition only to propose someone outside the coalition as your PM candidate? Doesn't make sense.
He goes on to say that though there were several MPs who were willing to join the opposition, they would not do so if Anwar was the PM candidate.
Well, Dr M has a problem too. There are 38 MPs (from PKR) who don't want him or Shafie to be PM. So how is he going to resolve that?
Lastly, he says: “When I stepped down (in February) and everyone was asked to state who they wanted, I should have been given full support by Harapan because they told me they supported me fully."
Yes, Harapan supported him fully as PM, but for Harapan, not as PM of a unity government whereby he could pick and choose whomever he wanted without consultation with others from Harapan. And he conveniently doesn't mention that when Harapan asked him to attend a meeting to discuss how to get back control of the government, he refused. That's when they decided, it had to be Anwar.
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