In a Facebook post, Kadir pointed out that Ismail could not completely ignore the “court cluster” and “kleptocrats” from his party, Umno, as they were the ones who helped overthrow former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and supported him instead.
“Therefore, I hope rumours of former prime minister Najib Razak coming back into the government is just part of some propaganda by the ‘court cluster’ and ‘Bossku’ gang to test where Ismail stands.
“This will be Ismail’s dilemma. If he succumbs to the pressure of the ‘court cluster’ and the ‘kleptocrats’, he will be nothing more than a servant and will be challenged,” he said.
He added that Muhyiddin’s rejection of these two groups of Umno leaders from returning to power deserved recognition despite he losing their support to lead the country.
Kadir also said Ismail’s move to implement a few Parliamentary and administrative-related reforms as a matter of priority was encouraging.
“Implicitly, it is an olive branch to the opposition ahead of the upcoming Dewan Rakyat sitting on Sept 13,” he said.
Kadir said the Cabinet had agreed to a number of key reforms, which included a 10-year term limit for the prime minister, an anti-hopping law, the lowering of the voting age to 18, and the appointment of opposition members to the National Recovery Council.
With these proposals in mind, he hoped that Ismail would be given ample opportunity to prove his determination to calm the country’s political climate and ensure that Malaysia does not return to the dark ages of kleptocracy.
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