KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has labelled a recent news report by the Financial Times (FT) as ‘fake news’.
Published two days ago, the report claimed there were rivals within PKR that could threaten Anwar's path to becoming the country's eighth prime minister.
In the report, it was said that Anwar told the FT in an interview that there are "pockets, people who for their own reasons would like to sabotage these arrangements," most likely referring to the agreement within Pakatan Harapan (PH) in which Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad would step down after a certain period of time and Anwar would succeed him.
At a media conference today however, Anwar denied he had said such things, when asked about the report and whether there was a conspiracy to halt his rise as prime minister.
“I never said that. No fake news will be entertained," Anwar said.
When asked if he was confirming that there were no quarters in PH out to “sabotage” the transition of power between him and Dr Mahathir, Anwar said: "I didn’t say that (people sabotaging him). You cannot deny that there are some elements who might not agree, it’s a democratic process, what is important is PH and I and Tun Mahathir have agreed,” Anwar said.
On the succession plan, Anwar responded: ” We have resolved that. No problem.”