KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has joined the chorus to call for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet to resign for “deliberately lying to Parliament” over the revocation of the emergency ordinances.
The Pejuang founder said in a statement that Muhyiddin should be aware that he has no power to revoke the ordinances on his own.
“But still the announcement was made, as if he had the power when such powers were solely in the hands of the King during the emergency.
“Although Muhyiddin did not announce the revocation on July 26, and it was made by the law minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan, Muhyiddin cannot absolve himself of the responsibility.
“He made no attempt to correct it when Takiyuddin made the announcement or stopped Takiyuddin despite being seated right in front of him. Neither did he make any clarification in the following days,” said Dr Mahathir, who is also the MP for Langkawi.
He added that Muhyiddin is, therefore, responsible for the “shameful act” along with his cabinet.
“It is incumbent upon Muhyiddin to resign as prime minister and his cabinet must follow suit.”
Earlier today, Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin released a statement saying the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has asserted that the application to revoke the emergency ordinances, backdated to July 21, was “hastily made without presenting it in Parliament”.
It said “the contradictory and misleading statement in Parliament failed to respect the principle of the rule of law in the Rukun Negara”.
This “disregarded His Majesty’s functions and powers as the head of state, as enshrined in the federal constitution”.
“To this, His Majesty expresses great disappointment over the statement made on July 26 that the government has revoked all emergency ordinances promulgated by His Majesty, although the revocation has not yet been given royal assent.” – The Vibes, July 29, 2021
