On first day in opposition bloc, Syed Saddiq lambasts ‘hypocritical’ govt

 

Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said government leaders are ‘hypocrites’ for rejecting a debate on Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s discharge in the Dewan Rakyat. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (Muda-Muar) pulled no punches on his first day in the opposition bloc today.

He called the unity government “hypocritical” for rejecting the emergency motion filed to debate the conditional discharge Ahmad Zahid Hamidi received in his corruption case.

“In 2015, in this very chamber, 70 MPs who were in the opposition bloc (at the time) sought to debate judicial decisions in court,” he said in the Dewan Rakyat today.

“Prior to that, it was the 1MDB court case (and the) attacks on the attorney-general. They could raise everything and anything. Now that they are in government, they are being hypocrites.”

Syed Saddiq had joined in a minor commotion when Perikatan Nasional MPs once again inquired about the possibility of addressing the emergency motion to discuss Zahid’s discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA).

Yesterday, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul confirmed that he had rejected the emergency motion tabled by Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (PN-Machang) last week.

Johari then told the MPs they would have the opportunity to raise the matter after the 12th Malaysia Plan’s mid-term review was tabled.

However, the opposition was caught off-guard when Johari abruptly announced the adjournment of yesterday’s sitting after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ended his speech.

On Sunday, Syed Saddiq announced that Muda had decided to end support for the unity government and would become the “third force” in the opposition. - FMT