Threatened to withdraw support for the coalition government.
Muda has threatened to withdraw support for the coalition government – which would effectively deny them a two-thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat – if there were no detailed explanation from the Attorney-General’s Chambers on its decision to withdraw the 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Its president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said his party would not hesitate to reevaluate its position in the coalition and is considering a street protest, saying the DNAA granted to Zahid is “one of the biggest red lines crossed”.
“That’s why Muda has taken the measure of launching a protest campaign on the streets, on social media as well as a ‘Kempen Dakwa Zahid’ which is based on three claims. We demand for those claims to be fulfilled.
“If those claims are not fulfilled, we will take actions as a party,” he said at a press conference at Muda’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya today.
The AGC’s move to withdraw Zahid’s charges yesterday led to the Kuala Lumpur High Court granting the Umno president a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA).
DNAA opens the possibility of Zahid being recharged again if prosecutors wish to revisit the matter.
The Anwar Ibrahim administration had come to power in November last year with 148 MPs on the government bench – just enough for a two-thirds majority that should, in theory, allow the government to amend the Federal Constitution. – Malaysiakini