Online petition urges Kit Siang to keep his word and resign

An online petition is urging DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang to keep his promise and resign from politics.

This comes in the wake of him calling on Malaysians to ink another petition demanding the government to hold a two-week parliament sitting.

The petition against Lim referred to news articles in May last year, which quoted the DAP leader as stating he would throw in the towel if the then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not pass the baton to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim.

Responding to Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan's statement that Mahathir would not honour his promise and call for a snap polls instead, Lim said he was prepared to wager his political career on this.

“I have more confidence in Mahathir and I am prepared to have a wager with Mohamad that Mahathir will honour the Pakatan Harapan commitment to pass the prime minister's post to Anwar.

“If Mahathir does not pass the prime minister's post to Anwar and instead dissolves parliament to call for an early 15th general election, I will retire from politics and will not contest in the 15th general election,” he said.

The Iskandar Puteri MP also challenged Mohamad to do the same if the former won the bet.

Meanwhile, the petition, started some 19 hours ago, stated that Malaysians want their politicians to uphold integrity and show leadership by example.

“Malaysians have grown sick and tired of broken promises from politicians who continue to spew empty promises in the belief they can get away making promises they never intended to keep.

“We refused to be taken for a ride anymore.

“Therefore, Malaysians demand Lim Kit Siang to honour his promise to retire should Tun Mahathir not handover the PM post to Anwar Ibrahim,” it added.

At the time of writing, close to 20,000 people had signed the petition.

Yesterday, Lim said Malaysians who want parliamentary democracy to flourish should lend their signatures to the petition initiated by reform movement Aliran.

This petition was to protest the government's decision to hold a one-day parliament sitting on May 18. - Mkini