KUALA LUMPUR: A four-eyes meeting between Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, as suggested by Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin to resolve their differences, was no longer in the latter’s dictionary and calculations. “It’s in any case too little, too late. Khairy should advise Najib instead to step down just as Abdullah Badawi, his father in law and Najib’s predecessor, did.”
“Even if there’s a four-eyes meeting, Mahathir will demand that Najib step down to save Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN).”
Mahathir has only one objective now, according to the political analyst, and that’s to get Najib to step down before the 14th General Elections come 2018. “He wants to make sure that BN can still win the GE the next time,” said Shahbudin Husin who has written quite a few books on politics. “He has already said that the time for talking with Najib was over since he has refused to address the 1MDB issue and the Altantuya killing.”
“If Najib agrees to an open debate, Mahathir would be willing to consider it. So far, he had only wanted to know about the 1MDB monies which have gone missing and who directed Najib’s bodyguards to kill Altantuya.”
Mahathir, he reminded, was willing to debate Najib as shown by his willingness to turn up at the Nothing2Hide Forum last Friday. “Mahathir’s willingness to be with the people to get Najib to step down shows that there can no longer be any compromises.”
Khairy should know based on his own experience with Badawi who had a four-eyes meeting with Mahathir that it would not work, he added. “Badawi had to step down in the end because Mahathir cannot be persuaded otherwise once he has taken a position.”
The analyst pointed out that the Umno Youth Chief’s suggestion also shows that all the Ministers had failed. “They were not willing to accept the challenge by Najib that either they support him or step down. They just kept quiet.”
“At the same time, they are not willing to take on Mahathir in defending Najib. They want the Prime Minister to resolve the problem himself.”
It appears that the Ministers are only with Najib as long as their positions are safe but that doesn’t mean that they will protect or defend him, he stressed. “No wonder the Bugis warrior has lost the colour in his face and has lost weight after months of whacking by Mahathir.”
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