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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he has suggested that the ruling Umno party work with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, but insisted such cooperation should not involve the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the Pakatan Harapan coalition led by Datuk Seri Anwar.
He was responding to media reports that claimed that he had urged Umno lawmakers to support Anwar as prime minister. The reports also said that other Umno leaders strongly opposed his suggestion.
“There are media portals that reported that I have pressured all Umno MPs to support Anwar as prime minister. That is not accurate,” Najib said on his Facebook page on Monday (October 26).
“My first suggestion was that Umno insist on a fixed date for the general elections, once the Covid-19 situation is controlled.
“My second suggestion if the first one was rejected by the PN is that Umno has to be open to negotiating with other political parties, including Anwar’s, if Umno remains dissatisfied with the deal within the PN government after what happened in Sabah “he added. he said, referring to the Perikatan Nasional government led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
“However, my suggestion to work with Anwar does not involve the DAP party. This has been emphasized several times in today’s meeting,” he said.
Umno held meetings on Monday to discuss whether Tan Sri Muhyiddin should resign and continue to support PN, after the prime minister’s proposal to implement emergency measures in the country was rejected by the King on Sunday.
Najib pointed out that if Umno was able to work with Muhyiddin in February despite the fact that his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia was “an enemy that had taken over many Umno MPs”, then the party could discuss the terms of the work together with Anwar until next general elections. .
Najib added that the terms would include paving the way for Umno to have a role in directing the country’s finances and economy, over which he said Bersatu currently has a monopoly.
“I am also open with the decision to continue with conditional support to the PN government until the 15 general elections, but we have to renegotiate the conditions so that Umno and BN have a more important role, especially in matters related to economic planning”, He said. , referring to the Barisan Nasional alliance led by Umno.
He also said that as a member of the party, he would support the decision made by the Supreme Council.
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