KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Jun – Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan musuh politiknya Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim kedua-duanya di Jakarta hari ini, terdapat kemungkinan diadakan pertemuan yang mungkin akan membantu perdana menteri mengelakkan persaingan di Parlimen dan partinya sendiri selepas keputusan buruk Pilihan Raya 2013.
The Malaysian Insider difahamkan, pertemuan itu telah cuba diaturkan semenjak sekurang-kurangnya seminggu lalu, dikala Najib hampir pasti dicabar dalam pemilihan Umno tahun ini dan berkemungkinan akan berhadapan dengan usul undi tidak percaya selepas Parlimen mula bersidang pada 24 Jun.
Difahamkan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, yang rapat dengan kedua-dua pemimpin, telah ditugaskan untuk mengaturkan pertemuan tersebut. Beliau kini berada di Jakarta untuk lawatan dua hala.
“Pertemuan telah diaturkan dengan Najib sebelum Anwar berjumpa Presiden Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pada Sabtu,” kata sumber kepada The Malaysian Insider.
Pembantu bagi kedua-dua pemimpin tidak mahu bercakap mengenai pertemuan tersebut akan tetapi sumber mengatakan kedua-duanya mempunyai kepentingan bersama untuk mengelakkan pencabar lain untuk jawatan perdana menteri.
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah telah bertemu dengan ahli-ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk berbincang mengenai percubaan beliau mengambil alih kepimpinan dalam Dewan Rakyat yang mempunyai 222 kerusi sementara timbalan kepada Najib Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mungkin menjadi pencabarnya dalam pemilihan Umno hujung tahun ini.
Kebanyakkan penganalisis politik mengatakan Najib terlalu popular, lebih dari partinya, untuk hilang jawatan dalam kerajaan dan parti.
“Akan tetapi Najib berhadapan dengan dua serangan terhadapnya, jadi dia perlu mencari sekutu,” kata sumber lain kepada The Malaysian Insider, mengatakan ironinya Anwar juga mahukan jawatan tertinggi itu.
Tidak diketahui sama ada presiden Indonesia sedar mengenai pertemuan di ibu kota negaranya akan tetapi bekas timbalan presiden Indonesia pernah menjadi pengantara kepada kedua-dua pemimpin sebelum pilihan raya 5 Mei untuk kempen pilihan raya aman.
Akan tetapi Kalla mengatakan persepakatan gagal selepas Anwar memulakan kempen di seluruh negara untuk membantah keputusan Pilihan Raya 2013. Pemimpin PKR itu mengatakan Najib tidak pernah menandatangani perjanjian itu walaupun terdapat persetujuan mulut.
Pemimpin Malaysia, terutamanya dari Umno, telah diketahui mengadakan pertemuan sulit di Jakarta - hanya mengambil masa dua jam penerbangan dari Kuala Lumpur, bagi mengelakkan publisiti dan gossip.
Najib dan Anwar diketahui mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan pemimpin Indonesian yang mahu melihat kestabilan di negara jiran mereka Malaysia – menggajikan dua juta rakyat Indonesia dari profesional, buruh dan pembantu rumah.
Kedua-dua Anwar dan Najib merupakan sebahagian daripada Team Wawasan yang memenangi jawatan tertinggi dalam pemilihan Umno 1993, dengan Muhyiddin, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib dan Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik.
Umno memecat Anwar pada 1998 dan bekas timbalan presiden parti itu berhadapan dengan pertuduhan liwat dan rasuah di mahkamah sementara Muhammad meninggalkan parti sebelum pilihan raya bulan lalu.
Zahid pada ketika itu merupakan sekutu Anwar dan ketua Pemuda Umno yang menggunakan terma Indonesia KKN untuk korupsi, kronisme dan nepotisme dalam serangan terhadap bekas perdana menteri paling lama berkhidmat, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad semasa perhimpunan Umno 1998.
Beliau ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) sementara Anwar dipecat dari jawatan timbalan perdana menteri dan timbalan presiden Umno sebulan selepas perhimpunan parti itu. - TMI
Ku Li is speculated to challenge Najib, Anwar objects
GEORGE TOWN, June 14: Words have been speculated that Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is campaigning for support, especially among leaders in Sabah and Sarawak, to challenge Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Parliament and for the party’s presidency post in upcoming elections.
It is said that Tengku Razaleigh, affectionately known as Ku Li, has been meeting with several Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament from Sabah and Sarawak to explore possibilities.
However, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) de fact to leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is believed to be against it, as the latter feels it is his legacy to one day become the country’s prime minister
They said that the group of MPs represent politicians who were disillusioned with Najib for not appointing them to the federal cabinet even though most bumiputras from Sabah and Sarawak voted for Barisan in last month’s general election.
They claim that some MPs in Sabah and Sarawak were under the impression that Najib had grown weaker because even though he had conceded much to the Chinese community, the community had overwhelmingly rejected Barisan.
They believe that this had polarised the nation and the country could not move forward effectively with such heavy “political baggage in tow”.
These leaders in Sabah and Sarawak want a strong Barisan that could commit more funds and resources to develop the two, largely rural, states, sources said.
However, Ku Li’s 2008 suggestion to form a government based on national unity continues to resonate with certain political groups and observers.
Among the suggestions, is that this group of disgruntled MPs including Ku Li, combine their resources with the 89 MPs from Pakatan Rakyat to file a no-confidence motion against Najib’s leadership when Parliament reconvenes its new legislative term later this month.
They need 35 to make it happen.
Ku Li, who is the country’s longest serving parliamentarian, as well as his aides, have declined comment and the rumours continue to swirl.
Another element of the rumour is that the Kelantan Prince, who is now 78, might yet again go for the Umno president’s post.
Ku Li’s friend Datuk Seri Yusoff Latiff, the Penang Malays Association president, said he had not heard talk about Ku Li seeking to go to Parliament to challenge Najib, and said he was inclined to believe that it was not true.
“Ku Li has already stated that his future is with Umno. Why rock the boat.”
Kelantan Umno secretary Datuk Md Alwi Che Ahmad believes that such talk could be the work of Pakatan to divide Umno, but stressed that if Ku Li continued to harbour hopes of becoming prime minister, he should challenge Najib during the party elections.
“Najib is open to anyone contesting him as it is part of democracy. To find ways to oust a leader in parliament is not a Malaysian culture, though,” Alwi stressed.
GEORGE TOWN, June 14: Words have been speculated that Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is campaigning for support, especially among leaders in Sabah and Sarawak, to challenge Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Parliament and for the party’s presidency post in upcoming elections.
It is said that Tengku Razaleigh, affectionately known as Ku Li, has been meeting with several Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament from Sabah and Sarawak to explore possibilities.
However, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) de fact to leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is believed to be against it, as the latter feels it is his legacy to one day become the country’s prime minister
They said that the group of MPs represent politicians who were disillusioned with Najib for not appointing them to the federal cabinet even though most bumiputras from Sabah and Sarawak voted for Barisan in last month’s general election.
They claim that some MPs in Sabah and Sarawak were under the impression that Najib had grown weaker because even though he had conceded much to the Chinese community, the community had overwhelmingly rejected Barisan.
They believe that this had polarised the nation and the country could not move forward effectively with such heavy “political baggage in tow”.
These leaders in Sabah and Sarawak want a strong Barisan that could commit more funds and resources to develop the two, largely rural, states, sources said.
However, Ku Li’s 2008 suggestion to form a government based on national unity continues to resonate with certain political groups and observers.
Among the suggestions, is that this group of disgruntled MPs including Ku Li, combine their resources with the 89 MPs from Pakatan Rakyat to file a no-confidence motion against Najib’s leadership when Parliament reconvenes its new legislative term later this month.
They need 35 to make it happen.
Ku Li, who is the country’s longest serving parliamentarian, as well as his aides, have declined comment and the rumours continue to swirl.
Another element of the rumour is that the Kelantan Prince, who is now 78, might yet again go for the Umno president’s post.
Ku Li’s friend Datuk Seri Yusoff Latiff, the Penang Malays Association president, said he had not heard talk about Ku Li seeking to go to Parliament to challenge Najib, and said he was inclined to believe that it was not true.
“Ku Li has already stated that his future is with Umno. Why rock the boat.”
Kelantan Umno secretary Datuk Md Alwi Che Ahmad believes that such talk could be the work of Pakatan to divide Umno, but stressed that if Ku Li continued to harbour hopes of becoming prime minister, he should challenge Najib during the party elections.
“Najib is open to anyone contesting him as it is part of democracy. To find ways to oust a leader in parliament is not a Malaysian culture, though,” Alwi stressed.
- The Malaysian Times
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