Says Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Whatever differences (read here)they had were things of the past and Pakatan Rakyat component parties are now ready to take on the might of Umno and Barisan Nasional as a united front in the upcoming Penanti by-election in Penang on May 31.
Playing down the differences that existed and dismissing them as normal minor problems that would occur in any political coalition, he said:
"I will gladly say that whatever differences in opinions and views expressed by Pakatan leaders at local and national-level on the Penanti by-election are now resolved. "
"All Pakatan parties and leaders will be firmly united to back PKR," he told some 500 Penanti voters in Yayasan Aman, Permatang Pauh last night.
On reports of differences with PAS leaders in Permatang Pauh who had wanted to field a candidate of its own to contest the state seat, Datuk Seri Anwar said he had personally met PAS state commissioner Mohd Salleh Man, who had assured him that the party would fully back PKR in the by-election.
Differences in opinions have prevailed publicly between PKR and its Pakatan partners – DAP and PAS since last month in connection with the Penanti by-election, which comes under Datuk Seri Anwar’s Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency – a PKR stronghold.
The seat fell vacant when incumbent representative, former Deputy Chief Minister 1 Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin resigned on April 16.
Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng was reported to have been upset with Datuk Seri Anwar early on when the latter seemd to have dragged his feet in deciding on the party nominees to fill up the posts of DCM 1 and state executive councillor.
Both positions, vacated by Fairus effective April 8, were PKR’s quota in the Pakatan Penang state government.
The chief minister was also upset when PKR announced Fairus’ resignation as Penanti representative before duly informing him.
However, the issue was quickly settled after Anwar personally apologised to Lim.
Then a discord surfaced between local PKR and PAS leaders over which party would be the best to represent Pakatan in the by-election even after Datuk Seri Anwar had named former university associate professor Mansor Othman as candidate.
Anwar said the request by PAS Permatang Pauh to contest in Penanti were not signs of cracks in the Pakatan coalition as alleged by Umno.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, Salleh Man, DAP leader Lim Kit Siang and Guan Eng have all pledged full support for Mansor’s candidacy and were happy that PKR has chosen the right candidate.
Datuk Seri Anwar said Mansor was the right person because he can provide a strong and vibrant Malay leadership in the current Penang government.
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Honestly if you ask me, Anwar Ibrahim is the only one holding them together.
Just look at the conversion of religion issue.
They cannot even sit on the same table to agree and come out as a Pakatan stand.
But Anwar managed to turn it around and say "Hey ... we all agree that the kids should return to the mother right? That's it ! We will still be seen right in the media."
This form of marriage of convenience will come to an end one day after Anwar Ibrahim and the country will be in shambles or chaos.
In Barisan Nasional, everything is so structured that the system does not evolve around one man only.
If one man goes, another man is up but in Pakatan Rakyat, no one can go up after Anwar Ibrahim.
All is not well in Pakatan Rakyat but merely a dream to make an impatient Anwar Ibrahim the Prime Minister.
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