Umno supreme council member Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said he is more qualified to speak on the constitution compared to former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who is a doctor.
Nazri, who is a lawyer, rubbished Mahathir’s insistence that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the power to sack the prime minister.
“He is not a lawyer, he is a doctor, I am a lawyer, I know,” Nazri was quoted a saying by KiniTV.
Speaking to journalists in Kuala Lumpur, Nazri said the only way for Najib Abdul Razak to be removed as prime minister was if he lost the support of the majority of MPs in Parliament.
“As long as an individual enjoy the support of the majority of MPs in Parliament, he will continue to be prime minister.
“And to date, Najib still enjoys majority support. There is no other way to remove Najib other than if the majority of MPs lose confidence in him,” he said.
Nazri, who is also Tourism minister, went on to brush off Mahathir’s legal counsels.
“I am a barrister-at-law. I know better. If he was a lawyer or if he was smart, he wouldn’t do crazy things like gathering one million signatures - which I believe is less than that.
“That is not the way to remove a leader. If we are lawyers, we would know.
“There is no need to do stupid things,” he said.
Nazri chastised Mahathir for “wasting the time” of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
“If he understood the law, he wouldn’t do the stupid act of wasting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s time for an hour and drank free coffee.
“He is not wise in constitutional matters,” he said.
Nazri added that Mahathir will fail in his bid to remove Najib.
“I guarantee, with Allah’s grace, Najib will remain as prime minister and there will be no way for Mahathir to remove him,” he said.
Mahathir had last month met the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to hand in a petition for Najib’s removal.
However, Mahathir yesterday admitted that he could not convince the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as he monarch believed sacking Najib on his own accord was beyond his power. - Mkini
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