Malaysiakini - Source: Infuriated over exco reshuffle, Dr M mulled quitting (extracts)
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, infuriated over the Johor executive council reshuffle, had considered stepping down, according to a source.
The source said the Bersatu chairperson revealed this during the party's supreme council emergency meeting on Monday night.
"He was disappointed and taken aback because the new menteri besar (Dr Sahruddin Jamal) did not follow his advice to keep the cabinet as it is," the source told Malaysiakini.
According to the source, Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who is also Bersatu Youth chief, had managed to convince Mahathir not to relinquish his post.
Malaysiakini could not reach Syed Saddiq for comment, but a source close to him confirmed this.
The source said Mahathir told the meeting that he was so incensed that morning – when the three new exco members were sworn in - that he wanted to resign.
This led other supreme council members to express unhappiness over the menteri besar's apparent insubordination.
As I wrote two days ago in Johor MB Sahruddin Jamal in deep poo, Sharuddin Jamal won't have a brilliant political future, unless you know-what, wakakaka.
What has saved him at this stage is probably the scarcity of Pribumi Party ADUNs in Johor State, wakakaka.
As for Mahathir threatening to resign in disgust at Sharuddin's insubordination, he won't lah. Just merajuking.
What's the point of working his way into the PM's position (by rubbing shoulders with the hated DAP and arch-foe Anwar) if he just throws it all away with a mere merajuk-ing? He hasn't yet achieved his Grand Design.