Accept your shortcomings, don't drag PM into gambling licences issue, Kedah PKR tells Sanusi
Kedah PKR has criticized Mentri Besar Sanusi for attempting to blame Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for the state's failed gambling license policies. The party emphasized that the legal defeat was due to the administration's own jurisdictional overreach rather than federal interference.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions in Malaysia regarding the separation of powers and the use of judicial outcomes as political leverage.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kedah Mentri Besar has been told to accept his shortcomings and not drag Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim into the issue of gambling premises licences in the state.
Kedah PKR communications director Tunku Nashrul Abaidah hit out at Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor for hurling insults at Anwar stating that he (Sanusi) should stop blaming the Prime Minister for his own failure.
"The fact is that Sanusi, as the Mentri Besar who led the decision, lost the legal action concerning the matter.
"His administration's decision was overturned after the court found that it had exceeded the state's jurisdiction.
"An application for leave to appeal was rejected by the Federal Court as well," he said in a statement on Thursday (Aug 27).
Tunku Nashrul said Malaysia practises the separation of powers among three main branches - the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
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