KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is going all out in trying to deny Barisan Nasional (BN) its two-thirds win in the 14th General Election (GE14), said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak.
In his blog posting on Tuesday, Salleh said Dr Mahathir is aware that the opposition is going to be defeated in the election.
He pointed out that (DAP secretary-general) Lim Guan Eng has taken to claiming that the date of GE14 on May 9 is aimed at reducing the voter turnout and that Dr Mahathir has realised that Pakatan (Harapan) cannot defeat BN.
“The best Mahathir can hope for is that BN will not win a two-thirds majority but a simple majority of about 60 per cent of the seats in Parliament. Mahathir would then spin this as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s ‘failure’. The issue would be not that BN won the election but that they failed to win two-thirds.”
In doing so, Salleh said Dr Mahathir then intends to “instigate Umno to oust Najib”.