Dr M: Beware of saboteurs within Pakatan

PORT DICKSON: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned PKR’s leadership to wary of opportunists seeking to promote their own selfish agenda within Pakatan Harapan.
He quoted the old saying that success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.
“In our rush for victory, the opportunists have encircled us, and in our own complacency we permitted them to slip through our ranks,” said Mahathir said in his speech to PKR’s central and grassroots leadership at the start of the party’s three-day retreat.
He said the opportunists’ objectives are clear, to enrich themselves and inflame conflicts between Pakatan members if their personal agendas are blocked.
“Until today we are still struggling to combat the enemy within and sometimes the sabotage they wreak is capable of bringing down the government if we fail to handle it,” said Mahathir.
He claimed that the Opposition remains unable to accept the fact they were rejected by the public for their misdeeds.
“So, when they see weakness among our ranks, they will exploit it as much as possible while appearing to fight for the people’s sake.
“Among their strategies is to claim they were slandered over scandals involving 1MDB, Felda, and Tabung Haji. They magnify our mistakes and when the people are sufficiently angered, they can claim they were being slandered with none of the stories being true,” Mahathir said.
He also reminded PKR leaders to not be distracted by matters that are irrelevant to the country’s direction and development.
“We do not have much time to fulfill our promises and responsibilities to the nation.
“The power entrusted to us by the people is to repair what have been damaged and rectify what have been wronged, no more and no less,” said the Langkawi MP.
He reminded leaders to ask themselves what people would think of them if all they saw was conflict and discord over power struggles.
“We will lose power this way. To all Pakatan leaders, be it PKR, Bersatu, Amanah, and DAP, we cannot let this happen.
“We must press on to work as much as humanly possible in developing the country and to ease the lives of the people,” said Mahathir.