KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — Foreign agencies are funding Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) parties campaigning in the six state elections to ensure they will win this Saturday, Perikatan Nasional (PN) election director Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has claimed while on the stump in Kedah.
The PAS leader who is also seeking reelection as Kedah menteri besar also claimed that he only knows the money keeping the “unity government” parties running come from overseas, but not which country, local news portal Malaysian Gazette reported today.
“There are large foreign agencies (with interest in maintaining the status quo) donating money to them (unity government political parties) so that they can remain in power.
“It is also to ensure that the election results from the six states will not be used as a referendum that forces them out of Putrajaya,” he was quoted as saying during his speech at a community programme in Padang Awam Kampung Lalang in Baling, Kedah last night.
“I am not accusing them of colluding together, but I have information that a lot of money is coming to ensure that the PH-BN pact remains victorious.”
Sanusi and several other PN leaders and their supporters have been calling the six state elections a “referendum” on the ruling federal government under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from PH.
The PN leaders claim that if they win this Saturday’s polls, the Anwar administration will be forced to step down even as law experts have pointed out that the state election results have no bearing on the federal government.
Sanusi was also reported to have told PN supporters to accept any money given by PH-BN during campaigning but not to pay back with their vote.
“If there are people that come to you with sacks of money, take it but don't vote for them.
“If we take the money and give our votes to them, that is considered bribery,” he was quoted as saying.
He called on PN election officials and volunteers to stay on guard against possible sabotage of the ballot boxes this Saturday.
“I heard that there are special teams specially trained to swap the ballot boxes roaming around Kedah,” he was quoted as saying.
