Pakatan Harapan (PH) MP Syahredzan Johan has questioned whether a suit filed by lawyer P Waytha Moorthy against Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is linked to Waytha’s recent meeting with Bersatu leaders.
Earlier today, FMT reported that Waytha had filed a suit seeking a declaration that Anwar should not have been elected as Tambun MP in November 2022 and appointed prime minister.
In a Facebook post, Bangi MP Syahredzan said that while anyone has the right to file court proceedings, he felt the suit against Anwar was “frivolous and vexatious” as the latter has been prime minister for close to three years.
He also noted that Waytha had even previously hailed Anwar, the Pakatan Harapan chairman, as the best man to head the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra).
“Is this not acknowledgement that Anwar is legally the prime minister?
“Anwar has been the Tambun MP for 996 days. (But) Waytha only wants to disqualify Anwar (now)?
“Is it a coincidence that Waytha met Bersatu leaders last month, and today we are told about this suit against Anwar?” said Syahredzan.
Malaysian Advancement Party president Waytha was among the leaders from political parties outside the government bloc who met Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin to discuss the formation of a united opposition front.
In his Facebook post, Syahredzan also pointed out that Waytha, who was a minister in Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Cabinet from 2018 to 2020, did not object when Anwar contested and won a 2018 by-election for the Port Dickson parliamentary seat.
“Waytha did not have a problem with it at the time,” added Syahredzan, who is a lawyer by training.
“He did not file any suit to disqualify Anwar then, even until Parliament was dissolved in 2022.”
