The National Patriots Association (Patriot) has called on Parti Amanah Negara, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia and DAP leaders to mediate the feud between PKR’s Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Datuk Seri Azmin Ali before it leads to the destruction of the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
Calling the infighting “distracting and disgusting”, its president Brig-Jen (Rtd) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji told PKR to stop the infighting and start governing.
“The people are not interested in their bickering over the right to be the next prime minister,” he said in a statement Saturday (July 20).
“Neither do they want to see dark hands and long knives clandestinely employed by supporters of one leader against the other, both intra-party and intra-coalition.
“The feud between the two camps within PKR that culminated into sordid tales of unnatural sex, conspiracy, evil plots, and paid mercenaries are all too distracting and disgusting,” he added.
Arshad said political leaders are supposed to hold key positions in government and provide leadership.
“They are supposed to make decisions under council of the officials, for the good of the people and nation. There is so much to do in our difficult journey towards a ‘Shared Prosperity’ vision,” he said.
“There are a number of concerns, our national debt since May 2018 has increased to RM1.09 trillion, Fitch Ratings has just affirmed our long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at ‘A -’, meaning our nation is still a high credit quality but vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.
“Our household debt ratio to GDP is 83 per cent and is the highest in the Asean region, this is a cause for concern because individuals will be burdened to pay debts in the impending economic downturn,” he said.
He further pointed out politicians at local government levels seem to act only after an environmental disaster has occurred.
“They have low acumen for proactive decisions.
“The Orang Asli communities are the least represented and most side-lined. Tragedy after tragedy has befallen them, and politicians at state levels seem to have the least regard for the Orang Asli. It is a crying shame,” he said.
Mohamed Arshad said the list of concerns can be even longer.
“The points mentioned above are enough to jolt our politicians from their delusive thoughts that power is their right. In fact, many career politicians have nothing to show, except politicking.
“Numerous people who prefer not to be in politics can do a better job.
“Patriot would like to remind Pakatan Harapan leaders and politicians that the people voted them into power for good governance and to right the wrongs of the previous administration,” he added.