‘Anwar wanted to be deputy when he nominated me’


Tun Dr Mahathir Mo­­hamad. - filepic

PETALING JAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he could not make Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim his deputy despite the PKR president having offered to nominate him as the eighth prime minister.

“Anwar is perceived by the Malays as being liberal. He talked about multiracialism when he left Umno and he created a (multiracial) party to go against me.

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