Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today that Pakatan Rakyat was now ready to form the federal government after helming five states following the landmark 2008 election.
He said that if the electoral pact had taken Putrajaya three years ago “we may have been careless” but governing the states it won three years ago provided a “training ground” for the fledgling coalition.
“The party has struggled and suffered not one or two years, but over 10 years. If in 1999 we had won, we were not ready,” the PKR de facto leader (picture) said of the election that followed immediately after his sacking as deputy prime minister.
“In 2008, it was our first test to form state government. If we had formed federal government, we may have been careless. It is a training ground.
“We cleaned out the defectors, the dirty things from the party,” he added, referring to the six MPs and five assemblymen who have left PKR since the 12th General Elections.
Two assemblymen who left PKR in February 2009 had caused the fall of PR’s Perak administration.
Anwar said that three years ago, the party had “no strength in Sarawak... Sabah was a mess.”
The Permatang Pauh MP said gains made in April’s Sarawak state election, where it increased its representation from one to three assemblymen, showed the party is “now twice as strong as in 2008.”
“This is the best opportunity since 1957. This is the best opportunity for the people to rise up and change the system.
“If it is really clean and democratic before the election, it is certain Barisan Nasional will lose easily,” he said of polls that the opposition has insisted must only come after electoral reforms currently being discussed by a parliamentary select committee.
Anwar said this when closing PKR’s national congress here, likely to be its last before a crucial election expected soon.
He led an electoral pact with DAP and PAS in 2008 which made record gains, denying Barisan Nasional (BN) its customary two-thirds majority of Parliament after a record 82 opposition MPs were elected.
Dulu lain,sekarang lain pula.Pada tahun 2008 rakyat meluahkan 'frustration' mereka terhadap UMNO dan memberi undi kepada Pakatan.Pada p/raya akan datang undi mereka akan kembali pada UMNO.Kasi syok Pakatan sekejap aja.Kali ini Pakatan nasib lah kalau boleh menang 50 kerusi.
ReplyDeletemana ko tau gaman anonymous? macam ko yakin sija sgt ni. apapun marila kita tunggu dan lihat. sama ada betul atau nda apa yg ko sakap tu.
ReplyDeleteAnwar ni cakap ja lebih, tapi hasil pun tiada.
ReplyDeletetak perlulah nak percaya di Anwar tu.
ReplyDeleteba kami tunggu. tunggu hasilnya. atau habuk saja yang kami dapat.
ReplyDeletesemua parti pun sekarang ni menyatakan keyakinan mereka...
ReplyDeletekalau dilihat masih banyak isu/masalah yang berlaku di negeri-negeri yang ditadbir PR.
ReplyDeletemula sudah dia berangan2 mahu jadi PM..
ReplyDeleteWe'll just wait for the next GE and see if PR could take over Putrajaya.
ReplyDeletekes dia belum selesai lagi. tiba2 pula sebelum PRU masuk jail lagi nanti.
ReplyDeletejaga2 negeri yang di bawah naungan PR sekarang. manatau yang dikendong pun berciciran, yang dikejar pun tidak dapat.
ReplyDeleteNyanyi dulu lagu Imagine by the Beatles bah..let best party win.
ReplyDeleteSusahlah Pakatan mahu menang ni..berpijak di bumi yang nyata..melainkan senarai nama pengundi di'bersih'kan...
ReplyDeleteTak usah bermimpi Anwar..Masih jauh perjalanan.
ReplyDeleteRasanya Kerajaan sekarang masih relevan untuk Malaysia. Jadi itu sungguh mustahil untuk PR menawan Putrajaya.
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