Anwar Ibrahim mengingatkan untuk terus tabah kerana apa yang dilalui sebelum ini adalah harga sebuah pengorbanan membentuk masa depan sebuah negara, kata Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Isteri kepada ketua pembangkang itu berkata, bukanlah mudah untuk mengumpulkan semua kekuatan selepas Anwar dijatuhkan hukuman penjara lima tahun hari ini.
“Apa yang Anwar pesan untuk terus tabah kerana ini harga sebuah pengorbanan untuk masa depan negara kita.
“Kami mencari kekuatan itu kerana kita memikirkan masa depan, menuntut keadilan dan menentang kezaliman.
“Kita di sini bersama sebagai warga Malaysia. Bukan hanya untuk Anwar tetapi kepada semua mangsa yang kita perjuangkan,” katanya ketika ditemui pemberita di perkarangan Mahkamah Persekutuan Putrajaya hari ini.
Dr Wan Azizah berkata, bukanlah satu jalan mudah meneruskan perjuangan suaminya itu selepas penahanan Anwar yang sangat tragik dan diiringi linangan air mata.
“Kami tidak mengatakan kami kuat tetapi kami mencari kekuatan dalam diri orang lain. Tolonglah bersama kami. Teruskan menyokong untuk masa depan kita,” katanya.
Anwar hari ini gagal dalam rayuan kes Liwat II dan Mahkamah Persekutuan memutuskan hukuman lima tahun penjara sebagaimana yang ditetapkan Mahkamah Rayuan.
Mahkamah juga mengenepikan permohonan pihak pembela yang meminta hukuman lebih ringan daripada yang dijatuhkan Mahkamah Rayuan sebelum ini dan pada masa sama menolak permohonan pihak pendakwa yang mahu hukuman ditingkatkan.
Terdahulu, sebelum hukuman dijatuhkan, Anwar menyerang panel lima hakim yang mensabitkan beliau bersalah hari ini, menuduh mereka "tunduk kepada tuan politik dan menjadi rakan jenayah dalam pembunuhan sistem kehakiman". – tmi
Anwar's final message: Keep Pakatan strong...
"Strengthen Pakatan".
Those were the last words of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in a hastily recorded message after the Federal Court upheld his conviction and five-year jail sentence for sodomy.
"For PKR, I want our friends to strengthen Pakatan (Rakyat) together with PAS and DAP such as our consensus (permuafakatan).
"Our strength must be preserved. Do not allow anyone to threaten and weaken us," he said in the video recording uploaded on Facebook.
The
video saw Anwar speaking for slightly more than a minute as other
Pakatan leaders such as PKR deputy president Azmin Ali and DAP
secretary-general Lim Guan Eng watched on.
His message comes amid worsening cracks in Pakatan and concerns that his absence would lead to the opposition coalition breaking up.
Anwar, 67, also briefly talked about his fate, stating that this is a price he had to pay.
"If we are confident and consistent in our struggle, this is the price we pay as we face a system that is corrupt and cruel.
"No one expected that someone who is approaching 70 will be treated like this but for the future of our youths, I (try to) be patient and strong.
"I pray that my health will remain good and I will not be tortured like in past experiences," he said. - mk
Those were the last words of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in a hastily recorded message after the Federal Court upheld his conviction and five-year jail sentence for sodomy.
"For PKR, I want our friends to strengthen Pakatan (Rakyat) together with PAS and DAP such as our consensus (permuafakatan).
"Our strength must be preserved. Do not allow anyone to threaten and weaken us," he said in the video recording uploaded on Facebook.
The
video saw Anwar speaking for slightly more than a minute as other
Pakatan leaders such as PKR deputy president Azmin Ali and DAP
secretary-general Lim Guan Eng watched on.His message comes amid worsening cracks in Pakatan and concerns that his absence would lead to the opposition coalition breaking up.
Anwar, 67, also briefly talked about his fate, stating that this is a price he had to pay.
"If we are confident and consistent in our struggle, this is the price we pay as we face a system that is corrupt and cruel.
"No one expected that someone who is approaching 70 will be treated like this but for the future of our youths, I (try to) be patient and strong.
"I pray that my health will remain good and I will not be tortured like in past experiences," he said. - mk
PKR looks to Azizah as DAP guns for opposition chief...
However, Malaysiakini learnt that DAP has its sights on the post.
According to party sources, DAP wants its supremo Lim Kit Siang to be appointed.
Contacted
later, PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli confirmed that DAP had
previously conveyed this to them but said any final decision would only
be known after the Pakatan Rayat leadership meeting, tentatively slated
for Friday."It was never formally discussed before but DAP did mention that if Anwar goes to jail, then the opposition leader post should go to Lim as they have the most number of seats in Parliament," he told Malaysiakini.
DAP controls 37 seats in Parliament, followed by PKR with 29 and PAS 21. This is after DAP lost Teluk Intan and former Selangor menteri besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim quit PKR to become independent.
With Anwar's jailing, PKR will have to also vacate the Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency.
Lim,
on the other hand, is the most senior leader in the opposition, having
served as MP since 1969 with only a brief break between 1999 and 2004
when he was defeated in Bukit Bendera.The veteran also served as opposition leader thrice during his career.
When quizzed, DAP national organising secretary Anthony Loke declined to confirm or deny the matter.
"The question of the opposition leader will be discussed at the Pakatan leadership council and we will put forward our arguments then.
"I do not want to pre-empt our decision and do not want to reveal what is our arguments until then," he said.
DAP assures Pakatan takes precedent
Loke said regardless of DAP's arguments, its priority is to ensure that the opposition coalition can remain intact.
Meanwhile, Rafizi said within PKR itself, the party too has not discussed about its candidate for the opposition leader post.
However, he added that DAP may be willing to concede if PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail returns to Parliament and takes up the position of opposition leader.
"If
Wan Azizah contests in Permatang Pauh, then DAP may be more willing to
offer the opposition leader position to her as she had previously held
the position."Wan Azizah has been the symbol of Anwar before he became opposition leader," he said.
Rafizi also revealed that in previous Pakatan discussions, there have been proposals that the opposition leader be appointed on a rotation basis between DAP, PKR and PAS.
However, he said tonight's Pakatan meeting, which is at the secretary-general level, will focus on providing direction to supporters.
He also denied an Astro Awani news tweet quoting PKR deputy president Azmin Ali that the opposition leader will be decided at a Pakatan meeting within 24 hours.
"It is sensitive to discuss the position of opposition leader right now. We need to first coordinate our efforts, some of our supporters even want to go to the streets now so we need to make sure they get the right instructions," he said. - mk
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