PETALING JAYA: PKR strategist Rafizi Ramli has promised to disclose information about Zaid Ibrahim that he says will damage the latter’s reputation.
Zaid announced last week that he would challenge Anwar in the Kajang by-election and has sought a debate which the PKR leader has declined.
“I know that Zaid has been attacking Anwar, projecting himself as having better credibility,” Rafizi said. “His campaign theme is about attacking Anwar on his credibility. “I will answer Zaid’s criticisms on Wednesday.
I’ve been meaning to answer earlier, but I haven’t had the chance. So if he can be a bit patient, things will be a bit more fun. “I’ve got some things to throw at Zaid. He’ll have to explain a few things about his own credibility.”
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PETALING JAYA: Anwar Ibrahim’s refusal to debate Zaid Ibrahim has left the latter accusing the Opposition leader of being too afraid to face him.
“I don’t think he’s afraid of me, but he is afraid of the people. He has built his image, so he doesn’t want that image to be dispelled. Maybe a debate with me would probably impact his image a bit,” Zaid told FMT.
Last week, the former Cabinet minister and independent candidate for the March 23 Kajang by-election had issued a challenge to debate with Anwar on issues ranging from personality to policies.
Such a debate would allow the Kajang voters to decide who is a more credible individual, Zaid had told FMT in an exclusive interview today.
But when met by reporters yesterday, Anwar unexpectedly backed off from the invitation, saying it was “not in [his] programme.”Anwar’s refusal to debate Zaid runs contrary to his own habit of issuing challenges to Najib Tun Razak for a debate.
Despite this, Zaid today stopped short of calling Anwar a hypocrite, saying instead it was up to the people to decide what Anwar’s actions spoke of him.
But Zaid did express disappointment at this turn of events, saying it would deprive Kajang voters of the “real reason” the Permatang Pauh MP was contesting the state seat.
“It will be a loss of opportunity for Kajang voters to know all the issues – the conflict between Pakatan Rakyat, why he wants to remove Khalid Ibrahim.
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It is a challenge often enunciated by his rival Anwar Ibrahim, and now thrown back at the PKR de facto chief.
“I want to debate in Kajang on why he wants to be Menteri Besar. Why is he better than Khalid? How is he a credible leader?” he asked, his every word punctuated with a thump of his fist on his desk.
“His supporters say I’m not credible. His supporters say Zaid is an Umno plant. Zaid is whatever. So I want to debate with him, let’s see who’s more credible,” said Zaid.
Zaid, a former Cabinet minister, former PKR member, and former Anwar ally has no doubts in his mind on who would triumph in both the proposed war of words and the looming battle for the ballots.
It was only two days ago that the veteran politician announced his intention to run in the PKR-engineered polls, a by-election that most political observers and analysts say is Anwar’s to win.
But Zaid is undaunted. In an exclusive interview at his mansion in Tropicana yesterday, the former law minister said he was better than Anwar on many levels, and laid down his cards one by one. “I’m better (than Anwar) because I’m honest, I’m truthful, I don’t play around in politics like he does. I didn’t have sex problems. I wasn’t sacked.
“I quit (the Cabinet) because of principles, very important principles – using preventive detention laws against people. So I quit.
Did Anwar quit? He didn’t. He was sacked. So that’s a difference.
“He’s very divisive, he wants to topple Khalid. I don’t want to topple Khalid,” said Zaid, the former de facto law minister with an air of finality, akin to a declaration of ‘checkmate’.
For that is Zaid’s trump card, one which he intends to play to the hilt – that he is the go-to man for voters happy with the Selangor Menteri Besar’s performance.
He said voters are fed up with PKR for orchestrating a by-election so soon after the general election and are hungry for a third, independent force to balance out a two-party system.
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