COMMENT | As he senses the chances of Pakatan Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim winding up as prime minister (PM) after the 15th general election (GE15) become brighter with each passing day, Dr Mahathir Mohamad is flailing about like a drowning man.

In the latest demonstration of this desperation, he has blamed Perikatan Nasional (PN)’s leading trio - Muhyiddin Yassin, Hamzah Zainudin, and Azmin Ali – as responsible for depriving Anwar of the chance of becoming PM in late February 2020.

That was when the Sheraton Move was launched to unseat the ruling Pakatan Harapan government of which Dr M was PM.

Mahathir claimed the Sheraton Move was...