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LATEST! Saturday, 15 June 2013

No, Anwar is NOT there to meet with Najib!

Malaysia Chronicle

Saturday, 15 June 2013 10:50

Anwar in Jakarta but not to meet Najib: High stakes game in Umno with all eyes on Dr M

Written by  Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle

PKR leaders have confirmed that their adviser Anwar Ibrahim is in Jakarta but not for any hush-hush top-level meeting with Prime Minister Najib Razak as reported by a news portal aligned to the latter’s camp.

“It looks like Najib is trying to approach Anwar for ‘reconciliation’,” PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
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High stakes game: Sending a warning to Dr M

The news of the Jakarta meeting, which was broken by The Malaysian Insider, also comes at a time when the 59-year-old Najib is facing tremendous pressure from within his own Umno party. Chances are high he will be ousted as Umno president, which means he will also be deposed as Prime Minister.

A high stakes game is now in motion at the very highest levels in Umno with ‘master-puppeteer’ Mahathir Mohamad said to be in talks with several groups at one time, including with former foe Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

Hence, Najib may want to send his own ‘smoke signals’ to Mahathir, who leads the hardline faction in Umno.

“It is possible Najib may be using Anwar to gain mileage for himself against his rivals in Umno. In particular, he may be sending a not-so subtle warning to Mahathir. But it is certainly hard to imagine Najib having the courage to break out from the Umno system where Mahathir is the accepted Queen ant,” Eddie Wong, a PKR veteran watcher, told Malaysia Chronicle.

Hence the talk of Mahathir’s negotiations or ‘power-broking sessions’ with Razaleigh and Najib’s deputy Muhyiddin Yassin, who is said to have teamed up with Home Minister Zahid Hamidi and are waiting in the wings to challenge their boss.

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WILL ANWAR AND NAJIB MEET? WHAT WOULD THEY DISCUSS IF THEY DID?

Najib and Anwar are known to have close ties with Indonesian leaders, who are keen to see stability in neighbouring Malaysia which employs some two million Indonesian professionals, workers and housemaids.

Malaysian Insider

Najib, Anwar in Jakarta, speculation mounts of possible meeting

By Jahabar Sadiq
Editor
June 15, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 – Datuk Seri Najib Razak and political arch-rival Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim are in Jakarta today, fueling talk of a meeting that could help the prime minister face down possible rivals in parliament and his own party after poor results in Election 2013.

The Malaysian Insider understands that the meeting has been in the works for at least a week, just as Najib is facing a likely challenge in the Umno elections this year end and a possible motion of no confidence after parliament convenes on June 24.

It is learnt that Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is close to both leaders, has been tasked to facilitate the meeting. He is in Jakarta for a bilateral visit.

“A meeting has been set up with Najib before Anwar meets Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Satuday,” a source told The Malaysian Insider.

Aides to both leaders are tightlipped about the meeting but sources say the duo have a common interest in preventing other challengers for the prime minister’s post.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has been meeting disgruntled Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers this past week to discuss his leadership bid in the 222-seat Dewan Rakyat while Najib’s deputy, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, has been coy about a possible challenge in Umno polls this year end.

Most political analysts say Najib is too popular, even more than his party, to lose his government and party posts.

“But Najib is facing twin strikes against him, so he needs to find some allies,” another source told The Malaysian Insider, noting the irony that Anwar himself wanted the country’s top post.

Najib, Anwar in Jakarta, speculation mounts of possible meeting

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THE PEACE DEAL

In its report, the WSJ had written that it was Anwar who approached Jusuf on the agreement two months ago, seeking the latter’s help in securing his opponent’s commitment for a peaceful election outcome.

The deal — that both sides refrain from personal attacks during campaigns and to accept the outcome of the polls — was subsequently made in April.

An adviser to Najib reportedly confirmed the deal, telling the WSJ that Anwar had sought Jusuf’s assistance to secure a mutual agreement to accept the results of the polls peacefully, regardless which way it goes and even in the event of a slim majority.

“The prime minister reiterated privately to Jusuf Kalla and in public before the election that BN would respect the will of the people and accept the election results, even if the opposition wins,” the paper quoted the aide as saying.

ANWAR DROPS BOMBSHELL: Najib did not even dare to sign ‘peace agreement’

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Malaysia Chronicle

Monday, 27 May 2013 13:06

ANWAR DROPS BOMBSHELL: Najib did not even dare to sign ‘peace agreement’

Written by  Malaysia Chronicle

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Malaysia Chronicle

Monday, 27 May 2013 09:44

Najib: Broken peace deal shows Anwar lacking in principle

Datuk Seri Najib Razak appeared tonight to label his arch-rival Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim unprincipled for allegedly failing to keep his end of an agreement to accept the results of Election 2013 without contest.

The second-term prime minister told a crowd of over a thousand people at the Putrajaya Youth Festival 2013 here that the opposition leader had reneged on the pact because the results of the polls had not been in his favour.

“He reneged on a promise,” he said in his speech.“This is not our way, we must have principles… in any matter, we must have principles, follow the rules,” he said.

Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal reported former Indonesian Jusuf Kalla accusing Anwar of breaking a peace deal brokered between the opposition leader and Najib in April, a month before the May 5 polls.

The renowned international business paper featured interviews with all three parties confirming the secret peace deal, and quoted Jusuf as claiming that he had phoned Anwar a day after the May 5 polls and urged the opposition leader to respect the commitment and “look at reality”.

“We had a commitment,” Jusuf was quoted as saying. “But they said, ‘No, no, no, no.

But Anwar appeared to indicate today that Jusuf had not actually accused him of breaking the agreement.

“I’ve also sought clarification although from what I’ve got. Jusuf Kalla did not say that. He was trying to make sure the full context was well understood.”

Anwar also said that he had publicly spoken on the issues of ethics in campaigning, free and fair elections, and the peaceful transition of power, saying: “To me, there’s nothing secret about the deal.”

He instead accused Barisan Nasional (BN) of breaching several agreed points in the April agreement brokered by Jusuf.

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto chief argued that to honour the deal, which stipulated that both sides accept the outcome of Election 2013 regardless which way it swung, there were several key pre-requisites that had to be fulfilled first.

“There were some parameters agreed upon. Number one, ethics in terms of campaigning and conduct of affairs of government so the media in particular is not used to demonise the opposition…this did not happen…”

“Second condition of free and fair elections which means access to media, some of the Bersih’s demands, which was not met,” the PKR de-facto leader told reporters today at the end of the party’s ninth national congress, claiming that electoral fraud has been proven.

“And third, was contingent upon those conditions, our position is that we accept the decision,” the former deputy prime minister added.

Najib: Broken peace deal shows Anwar lacking in principle

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Malaysia Chronicle

Saturday, 25 May 2013 09:45

Behind Malaysian Poll Protest, a Peace Deal That Collapsed

A former Indonesian vice president with a history of brokering peace agreements has accused Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of reneging on a secret deal to respect the outcome of Malaysia’s elections on May 5.

Jusuf Kalla revealed the pre-election accord in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, amid a public protest campaign by Mr. Anwar over what the opposition leader said was widespread vote fraud by the ruling National Front coalition. The election returned Prime Minister Najib Razak and the long-ruling National Front to power in the tightest national election in Malaysian history.

Mr. Kalla said the two candidates—whom he said he considered friends of his going back decades—had made a written agreement in April to refrain from personal attacks during the campaign and to accept the outcome, in a deal first proposed by Mr. Anwar.

Mr. Anwar acknowledged he had made the pact with Mr. Najib, with Mr. Kalla as mediator, but said the National Front had rendered it void by the way it ran its campaign.

He singled out Malaysia’s media, much of which is controlled or owned by the government or members of the ruling coalition. “How can you talk reconciliation when you demonize your opponent in this manner?” Mr. Anwar said to The Wall Street Journal. He also said it was Mr. Kalla, not him, who first proposed the pact.

Mr. Najib stressed reconciliation in his first public remarks after the election, though both sides said that the other had rejected a clause in the pact that the winner was to offer the loser a role in a “reconciliation government.”

Mr. Najib’s camp confirmed that the agreement was made and dismissed Mr. Anwar’s view that it had been undermined by the campaign—during which both sides accused the other of low blows and distortions. Mr. Anwar had strong support among Malaysian Web-based media during the campaign.

Behind Malaysian Poll Protest, a Peace Deal That Collapsed

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