KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin denies he had a private meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
"Why would I need to meet Anwar? Since he became Prime Minister, I have never met him – not in his office, nor at his home," said Hamzah.
However, encounters within the halls of Parliament are routine.
"If it is in Parliament, then yes. As Opposition leader, I need to strategise things accordingly. Is that wrong?" the Larut MP said on Tuesday (March 17).
He then urged Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali to answer claims the Bersatu secretary-general was seen at the Prime Minister's office.
Hamzah also ruled out any possibility of working with Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin again, claiming that the Bersatu president now regards him as "enemy number one".
When asked if he would collaborate with Muhyiddin should the political climate swing in favour of Perikatan, he said: "I do not want to go back. I can go forward, left or right. I don't want to go backwards. Forget about them," he said.
Hamzah also took aim at the party's power dynamics, pointing to what he described as a significant shift in parliamentary support, suggesting that the party's official numbers no longer reflect the reality on the ground.
He said while Bersatu's number of seats had dropped from 31 to 25, he remained as the dominant force in the party.
"There are 18 supporting me. Including myself, that makes 19.
"I have 19 and you have six – so think about that," he said.
The Opposition Leader further suggested that the Malaysian public is becoming increasingly discerning.
He warned that efforts to block others from joining the coalition only serve to expose the insincerity of those at the top.
Hamzah also questioned Bersatu's leadership, particularly its decision to suspend members instead of expelling them.
He said that erratic decision-making had left the party in a state of chaos and that the current leadership's inconsistency points to instability.
