Anwar blames Najib, Rosmah for latest PKR resignations

Apa ini ? Lousy rotten cook blames his ingredients when his cooking is shit ! What is there to blame ? another Lim Guan Eng , looks like all these PR blokes are good for nothing except balme , blame , blame !

By Neville Spykerman

PUTRAJAYA, March 1 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accused Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor of being behind the latest resignations from PKR.

“It’s a difficult for me to understand if there’s no other circumstances, knowing that the Najib-Rosmah strategy is to try to buy people as much as possible,” the de facto PKR leader told reporters outside the Federal Court here.

Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng announced he was leaving PKR today, days after he faced a party disciplinary board over his criticisms against deputy president Senator Dr Syed Husin Ali and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Last night, former Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Mohd Fairus Khairuddin quit PKR to join Umno while former PKR secretary-general Datuk Salehuddin Hashim confirmed resigning from the party two weeks ago.

Salehuddin was seen with Tan today when the latter announced his resignation.

Another Anwar’s ally, Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim, quit the party two weeks ago to become an independent MP after he cited a lack of faith in the party leadership.

Salehuddin predicts exodus from PKR

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By G. Manimaran

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — Former PKR secretary-general Datuk Salehuddin Hashim predicted today the resignations of more than ten lawmakers from the party, setting the stage for a major exodus which could decimate the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lynchpin.

Speaking to reporters today about speculation that ten MPs and state assemblymen were preparing to quit Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s party, he said it was “maybe more.”

“Yes (there will be those who are leaving)...take away the socialist group, take away the NGO group, take away the cronies...you can count for yourself and you will get the answer,” he said after accompanying Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng to a press conference where the Penang lawmaker said he was quitting the party.

Salehuddin, who resigned from his post in January, has also quit PKR.

His resignation from the party had come as a big blow to PKR as he once held a top post and was a senior party member, and part of Anwar’s inner circle.

Besides Tan, former deputy Penang Chief Minister Mohd Fairus Khairuddin also announced he was quitting the party yesterday. Fairus has joined Umno.

When asked today if BN could regain its two-thirds majority as a result of impending defections, Salehuddin said:

“They are leaving to become independents so Pakatan Rakyat will lose its standing of holding more than one-third of Parliament seats but this does not mean BN will get back its two-thirds majority.”

Salehuddin said he expected Anwar would do anything to persuade the remainder of PKR MPs not to leave the party.

“But don’t think that those who leave the party do not have the spirit of reformasi,” he said.

The former PKR secretary-general said the situation PKR finds itself in now was a result of the leadership’s ridicule of those who left the party.

“When you mock people for some time, then they will leave,” he said.