Kit Siang: How to work with Najib who won't admit 1MDB wrongdoings?

 

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has hit out at a report on a website claiming he would cooperate with former premier Najib Abdul Razak, saying that it is a misrepresentation of a statement he made four years ago.

The report titled "DAP Lim Kit Siang: ‘To save Malaysia, I am prepared to work with Najib to restore democracy and implement key reforms’" was uploaded on the Coverage today, which the Iskandar Puteri MP says has made the rounds on social media.   

"The Coverage report has gone viral on social media, with the objective to give the impression that I agree with DAP working with Najib Abdul Razak and Umno to form a new national government to replace the Muhyiddin Yassin government.

"This is the work of social media 'influencers' with their pack of cybertroopers to disseminate fake news and false impressions," Lim said in a statement today.

He added that the Coverage report was actually based on a Malay Mail article on March 12, 2016, when Najib was still the prime minister just after he had signed the Citizens’ Declaration in March 2016 to Save Malaysia.

"It’s a very qualified statement where principles and national objectives take priority.

"Yes I am prepared to work with Najib to save Malaysia - but how can this be done when he is not prepared to admit the 1MDB scandal?” Lim said.

The DAP stalwart added that there had been much water under the bridge in the past four years since he made the original statement.

"The Najib government has fallen, Najib had been found guilty of corruption offences by the Kuala Lumpur High Court, and he and his ministers are facing other multiple corruption charges in the courts, the Pakatan Harapan government had been toppled by the backdoor Sheraton Move conspiracy after 22 months.

"The country is faced with an illegitimate and kakistocratic administration which had brought on Malaysians the second and third waves of the Covid-19 pandemic," he said. 

"The overarching national objective to 'save Malaysia' from a trajectory of a kleptocratic, kakistocratic and a failed state is as urgent as ever.

"The challenge is whether we can inspire Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, politics, class, age or gender to mount another herculean effort to save Malaysia - after the failure of the earlier Save Malaysia campaign," Lim added.

The country is currently in the grip of another round of political jockeying after PKR president Anwar Ibrahim declared that he has a substantial majority support of MPs in the Dewan Rakyat, and the Umno leadership indicated its willingness to part ways with Muyiddin's coalition. - Mkini