from Malaysiakini.com
Athi Veeranggan | May 16, 09 5:30pm
Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim has vehemently denied offering newly appointed Foreign Minister Anifah Aman the deputy prime minister’s post in the bid to entice him to defect to the opposition coalition last year.
“At no time were any such offers made to Anifah by Anwar. The allegations made in the said story are baseless, untrue, defamatory and made with malicious intent to tarnish Anwar’s reputation,” said lawyer Sankara Nair, who is representing the opposition leader.
“We have instructions to file a defamation (libel) suit against Anifah if he does not retract and make an apology within 24 from now.”
Sankara was referring to today’s Star report ‘Anwar offered me the DPM’s post, says Anifah’.
On Thursday, at a joint press conference after meeting with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington DC, Anifah (right) was asked about the fresh sodomy charge against Anwar, which State Department had earlier said was politically motivated.
“He said that he will form the government on Sept 16 and he had changed the dates many times. And he was trying to entice members of parliament (to defect),” said Anifah, who is brother of Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman.
“And I was personally offered to jump into the opposition and offered a very lucrative position – it’s like a deputy prime minister (in the Pakatan government). And this is not known to the world at large.”
Anifah defends Najib on Altantuya
At the press conference, Anifah also defended his boss, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who was accused of being linked to the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibauu.
“And insofar as Anwar Ibrahim is concerned – we know him very, very well.
“Most of the things (allegations) are untrue; for example, like the involvement of our honorable prime minister and the murder of a Mongolian citizen.
“And he has repeatedly said before the elections that he will provide evidence and yet, until today, he has not given anything.”
Expressing shock over Anifah’s allegations, Anwar chided the minister for faring poorly in his international debut as foreign minister, which he said reflected his inexperience and immaturity.
“I have spoken to Anifah only once on the phone and that’s it…,” said Anwar after a meet-the-people session in his Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency.
“I never offered the DPM post to him for him to defect. The issue indeed was never raised. He was never qualified for such a position anyway. Perhaps it was his dream to become deputy prime minister.”
He suggested that the minister was perhaps overawed and overwhelmed by the occasion.
“After all, being a new minister before an international audience for the first time, he was probably prompted to impress his new political master,” chided Anwar, confirming that he would soon be filing a civil suit against Anifah for defamation.
“As the matter would be in court, I prefer not to comment further on the issue,” he said, adding that Anifah was seeking to tarnish his image abroad.
Wow, he actually flew all the way to Washington to tell the American people all that? What a waste of tax-payer’s money. What was his actual agenda of going there in the first place? Our F-M has shamed us Malaysians on how immature our politicians are by not keeping their mouth shut on internal matters. Do we hear of Clinton actually talking bad about opposition political rivals abroad? They focus on their mission. This is the difference between our hutan politics against a civilised politics. Our F-M was obviously “told” to say those words as he was prepared to say it for no reason at all. Again, a waste of public funds & brought shame to Malaysia.
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The question of over 2 million illegal immigrants who can vote in Sabah is still not answered. Can the F-M response to this issue in the US?
Btw, was it necessary for Selangor MB to fly all the way to California? Why not use SKYPE? It would be cool if our beloved Sultan Selangor – Daulat Tuanku – will be able to SKYPE to us all. It will be very encouraging to hear of his recovery. We pray for his excellency’s speedy recovery.
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Hanif|Ortega Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
You mean due to economic crisis right? Dude, whether or not economic crisis, the sultan(human) tengah sakit tu kan. Pay some respek la der. How do you feel if your old man tengah sakit then your buddy ask you don’t go to the hospital, just skype. oh my god. Common sense please la der. no offense kayh.
We pray for his excellency’s speedy recovery too.
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WE THINK MB KHALIDS VIST TO SEE TUANKU IS A TYPICAL POLITE MALAY ADAT!
THIS SHOWS KHALID IS A PURE MELAYU…HE KNOWS HOW TO RESPECT A SULTAN!
A SULTAN WHO IS FAIR & APOLITICAL!
TO TUANKU SULTAN SELANGOR…..KAMI BERHARAP TUANKU
RECOVER SECEPAT MUNGKIN!
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budak pj….selangor mb doesnt flew to cali just to see Tuanku Sultan la….he was on a working visit there….please get and read your news right….
anyway….malaysian people are wise enough to judge our new FM statement…..let it be..let it be.
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Folks! This a**hole got a drean to be Prime Minister lah! Wallau-eh Sabahan! Last time some East Malaysian being elected Deputy Ministers (during Dollah time), they quit and reject the posts because they want important portfolios. When that Najis give this A**HOLE this post he became big headed. “Don’t play play you know! I am talking in the White House you know! I very famous you know! I travel worldwide spending rakyat money you know!….” Hey A**HOLE, next GE, you will kiss Anwar ass!
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Question:
Why is it that making such political remark in passing amounted to defamation?
Why so ‘shunned by the public; phobia when after all, it was Anwar who taught us a silly lesson on ‘defection politics’?
Which judge is going to entertain this abuse of process?
Why should the Administration be bothered by this cheap threat to sue for a clearly political gestures? Even if it was inaccurate, why not confront the Foreign Minister in the media or respond honorably to his remark?
Why is it, the Opposition that is so psychopathic about “freedom of conscience and freedom of expression” jumps at this sort of thing?
Why is Mr S.Nair, confuses himself and confuses ME, as to his standing as an officer of the court, a legal attorney and a close confidante and advisor-friend of Anwar Ibrahim? How is the code of ethics served here in the context of the purest tradition of the Bar? (dont forget this in your written submission too!)
These are questions that baffle me. Please answer them here because I want to join PKR too. So convince me.
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These are the many types of low-life politicians we have in the BN. Anifah seized that golden opportunity to spin those lies to the second most powerful person in the US of A in the absence of DSAI who was not there to defend himself. Cognizant Malaysians can tell you that even if Anifah were to cross over to PR, the chances of him ever becoming the DPM will be highly remote what with all the host of capable, experienced and highly educated leaders in the PR. We believe he will not even stand a chance of being considered with his tainted image. From what we know, Hillary would never buy such a preposterous lie for they know exactly what is happening here since they are closely monitoring the political situation in Malaysia. Nice try, Anifah, but you failed miserably and you have brought further disrepute to your already dying BN party in the eyes of the international community!!
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How come the F.M. did not get to see the President ?
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storm62 Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 12:44 am
sorry Obama got no time for him.
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why must you deny? are you also denying those coup De tat date or rather dates that you are supposed to be the new malaysian pm?
but i know, you have a cunning ability of even denying your own existence and the best part is that everybody believes you. pls teach me….
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Well I dont think the DPM post was offered to only one person. I am sure to wrest over power DSAI must have offered a lot of people the DPM’s post. It was so many that he must have forgotten himself. DPM Lim, DPM Karpal, DPM Hadi, DPM Nik, DPM Hussam, DPM Syed, DPM Azizah, DPM Azmin, DPM Anifah, DPM etc etc etc etc.
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Aiya, Najib should have appointed Anifah as the DPM and then it is the end of the story. He is now putting Anwar in hot soup now by telling the whole world in US now. If he tells this “story” in Malaysia, he will not be able to gather and garner much publicity. He is real “smart”.
The image and reputation of Malaysia is at atake now. Hopefully, Sabahans must know what to do come next General Elections.
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Hi Guys,
Let people be the judge. It is after all quite an act for a foreign minister to choose Washington as a platform to make such a statement. The truths will come out of this morass of statements and counter statements. People are slowly going through fatigue. But we all have to agree – like or not – that this “switching over” saga was a brainchild of DSAI.
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Well, we are proving to the whole world the type of clown ministers we have in the cabinet. That is the best UMNO can select.
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Perhaps PM got the wrong guys as ministers appointed to the cabinet. Very sad, that is the best the PM can select.
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nice said TanT
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Of cause! they want the popularity,dsai knows this men are realy Brillian brain(ANIFAH)his sofhisticated mastermind, dsai indid`nt need this men in PR to be TPM when PR rules this country,do U know this men?? its true thats dsai need this type of people,when he reject, U know why dsai to overtune him,he needs this kind of people to harvourded Sabah while commin`next GE.
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Tahniah Anifah…..aku bangga dgn anifah,,,…
anwar ibrahim = makhluk perosak
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Tahniah Anifah…..aku bangga dgn anifah,,,…
anwar ibrahim := makhluk perosak
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saman je la anwar, kalau kau betul
Tahniah Anifah…..aku bangga dgn anifah,,,…
anwar ibrahim = makhluk perosak
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saman je
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Hmm. This is just like what is currently happening in Australia. We had an election, can’t decide a government and now some bloke no one has ever heard of called Oakshot is running the country. And we thought Kevin was bad !
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