After Dr Mahathir’s sarcastic post, Najib asks if “Anak-anak Daddy” party will be formed.
Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir today sarcastically suggested the founding of a new political party to enrich Malays who have yet to receive positions and financial perks, as many Malays seem to like setting up political parties.
In a brief blog post, Dr Mahathir said he would like to form a new party and it should be named “Parti AAD” (“Apa Aku Dapat” or “What I Can Get”), should be formed following the split in Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu).
He also sarcastically said those who joined the party would be appointed officers, positions specifically created to fulfil the desire of those who wanted a better income.
“Invitation: Who hasn’t gotten anything can make an application to be a member, president, deputy president, vice president and among others,” he posted on his chedet blog on Friday (June 12).
“Fees? No need,” he added.
Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Najib Razak today appeared to riff on his political foe’s sarcastic blog post, by teasingly asking if a new party named “Anak-anak Daddy” is being established.
In a brief Facebook post, Najib wrote a short comment questioning if such purported “news” was legitimate.
“Good morning Malaysia. Heard that a new political party named “parti Anak-anak Daddy” will be formed? Is this news authentic? Just asking,” Najib wrote in Malay, with the name of the purported party roughly translating to “daddy’s children”.
Although Najib did not elaborate further, the name “parti Anak-anak Daddy” shares the same initials as the acronym that Dr Mahathir gave in his blog post on a fictional and hypothetical party named “Parti AAD” or “Parti Apa Aku Dapat”.
Dr Mahathir did not elaborate further on his “suggestion”, but his blog post comes two days after his June 10 blog post where he criticised the current government under Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s leadership.
Dr Mahathir had claimed that many of the current Cabinet were appointed if they accepted offers to support the current administration under Muhyiddin, suggesting that such candidates were asked what they wished for before their appointments and that some positions were created in return for their support.
He had also claimed that almost two-thirds of the MPs who support Muhyiddin were appointed as ministers and deputy ministers, while the rest were appointed as chairmen of government-linked companies and institutions including those he said were facing criminal charges in court.