ALOR STAR: Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor today claimed that he has no personal issue with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Sanusi said the "Little Napoleons" in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) were the ones to blame for his strained relationship with Anwar and the federal government.
"I wish to advise the friends in PMO, don't be 'Little Napoleons'.
"I do understand how busy the leaders are, so most of the small matters are being handled by officers and these officers are acting like 'Little Napoleons'.
"I am sorry if I am wrong, but that's how I see things," Sanusi told reporters at a Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house in Seri Mentaloon here.
Sanusi claimed that the "Little Napoleons" were out to create division between the state and federal government administrations.
"They have the intention to make their boss look good, but the way they do it may invite repercussions.
"For example, the fiasco over the LIMA (Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2023) invitation, the National Finance Council and the Aidilfitri open house.
"I am just being honest here. I hope the PM will listen to what I have to say. If the officers are not fit to be there, he should replace them," he said, claiming that these individuals were the one handling invitations to the prime minister's events.
"There is nothing personal between us. The legal suit filed by the prime minister against me (over a ceramah during 15th General Election campaign) is just a political matter.
"After he was appointed as the prime minister, and I the menteri besar, we have to have government-to-government dealings. "
Sanusi was commenting on being left out of the invitation to the Malaysia Madani Aidilfitri Open House with the Prime Minister at Raia Hotel and Convention Centre here this Saturday.