KUALA LUMPUR – Police are urged to investigate Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang following the PAS president’s admission that the move to overthrow the Pakatan Harapan administration was planned after the coalition won the 2018 general election.
Klang MP Charles Santiago, in a statement today, said police tend to “jump” on cases where there are alleged attempts to create political instability.
“But maybe, only when it can be fashioned to implicate opposition politicians and activists?
“Because I haven’t seen the same fervour in questioning the PAS president. Didn’t this (his admission) create political instability?
“The stock market was down, investors fled, and potential investors were mortified. The people’s vote became redundant, and we are still reeling from the after-effects of this coup.”
Given this, he questioned why Hadi has yet to be called up for questioning.
“This chest-thumping remark from the PAS chief also gets me thinking if the brouhaha surrounding the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was crafted by ‘ruthless individuals’ as part of toppling PH.
“That incident became explosive and pitted different communities against each other, again creating a tense environment in our multiracial country.”
Hadi and those privy to the plan leading up to the Sheraton Move in February last year must be made to understand that it was not a bloodless coup, but the dismantling of democracy, said Santiago.
“It was a travesty to the people who exercised their voting rights.
“We, the elected representatives and the people, therefore, deserve to know the truth, and more importantly, the culprits who choreographed the toppling of a democratically elected government.”
Santiago’s comments come after Hadi on Sunday said in his party organ, Harakahdaily, that the Sheraton Move was done in a “clean” manner, following a plan that was set in motion after the elections.
Hadi, who is also Marang MP, also said the political coup involving Bersatu, Umno and PAS is constitutional. – The Vibes, March 11, 2021
