Mohamad Sabu says he can speak his mind as he is in the opposition once again.
The Amanah president, better known as Mat Sabu, said there was no longer any protocol to adhere to unlike when he was in government.
At a ceramah last night, Mohamad said it has been a while since he was able to address a crowd in his signature style, adding that many people had lamented that they did not enjoy his speeches during his tenure as minister.
“When you are a minister, you have to make sure you have the facts. Now we can start to attack,” he said.
Also present were DAP organising secretary Loke Siew Fook, PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Amanah vice-president Mahfuz Omar.
Mohamad also revealed that Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin had urged him to ditch DAP so they can work together to form a new government.
He said the Pagoh MP approached him and said he had secured enough MPs to take over Putrajaya from PH.
“I was approached by Muhyiddin. He told me he has enough numbers to form a new government and asked me to join him. But we must leave DAP out.
“I would usually stay quiet. I don’t like to quarrel, but I said no. We cannot leave DAP out. Yes, we may have lost several by-elections, but why must we allow this government to be hijacked in the middle of everything?” the former defence minister recalled.
He slammed Perikatan Nasional and Barisan Nasional (BN) for staging a coup rather than wait for an election.
Mohamad said PH was prepared for Parliament to be dissolved to challenge the new ruling coalition.
“If they feel they are strong and confident, then dissolve Parliament. If we lose, we are prepared to be the opposition,” he said.
The Kota Raja MP wondered why BN could not wait for the next general election to wrest Putrajaya back from PH, seeing that it had won the last few by-elections.
“If you want to win, work hard for it. If we lose, we will not mind. We will work harder but staging a coup is unacceptable. They know PH is doing better and better and they are afraid of their court cases being heard, so they chose to use an illegal way by sabotaging a legitimate government.
“If we can wait 60 years to win an election, why could Umno and PAS not wait for five years? There is no government in this world where the losing party becomes the government while the winning party becomes the opposition.
“No wonder none of the European countries has yet to congratulate this backdoor government,” he said.
Mat Sabu then affirmed that PH would abide by the rule of law in their efforts to recapture Putrajaya.
“We will use the constitution and we will respect the rule of law. If we lose the election then we lose,” he said.
Mat Sabu also said the mastermind of the plot to overthrow PH was Muhyiddin, who is now the new prime minister under the Perikatan Nasional federal government.
“This Azmin Ali is just a small fry. Muhyiddin, he really wanted to form a Malay government,” he added, referring to the sacked PKR deputy president who had joined Muhyiddin with a group of MPs from PKR.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who chairs Bersatu, was furious with Muhyiddin for choosing to work with Umno and PAS.
The Langkawi MP has branded Muhyiddin a traitor and said he was tricked by Muhyiddin during the political turmoil.
Muhyiddin has denied Dr Mahathir’s claim, saying he needed to save the country from falling apart and he did what he needed to do.
After a week, Muhyiddin has yet to form his cabinet, with analysts saying he is having a tough time forming a government that is clean and with integrity.