EU delegation meets Mahathir, PH leaders

EU delegation meets Mahathir, PH leaders

The two-hour meeting discussed a range of issues, including GE14, says PPBM supreme council member A Kadir Jasin.

PH chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad and EU ambassador Maria Castillo Fernández (seated, wearing blue) with the EU diplomats and PH leaders after the meeting. Photo from A Kadir Jasin's Facebook.
PH chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad and EU ambassador Maria Castillo Fernández (seated, wearing blue) with the EU diplomats and PH leaders after the meeting. Photo from A Kadir Jasin’s Facebook.
PETALING JAYA:
A delegation from the European Union (EU) recently held a two-hour meeting with Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Pakatan Harapan’s prime ministerial candidate for the 14th general election.

The visiting diplomats discussed a range of issues during the gathering at the residence of Maria Castillo Fernández, the EU’s ambassador and head of delegation to Malaysia, said PPBM supreme council member A Kadir Jasin in a Facebook posting yesterday.

He said Mahathir, 92, who is PPBM chairman and former prime minister, was accompanied by PH deputy president and Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and PH chief secretary Saifuddin Abdullah.

Present were DAP chairman Tan Kok Wai, PKR vice-president Xavier Jayakumar and PPBM vice-president Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, who is a former Election Commission chairman.

Kadir said among the issues discussed were the EU’s initiative to observe GE14 following an invitation by the federal government.

“It was like in earlier times when meeting Dr Mahathir was an important event for foreign diplomats in Malaysia,” Kadir said, referring to Mahathir’s time as PM from 1981 to 2003.

“Although he is not a prime minister any more, but only a prime ministerial candidate, the atmosphere (at the meeting) was still the same,” he added.

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