Mahathir has clipped Kit Siang’s political wings, says Tunku Abdul Aziz
(Malaysia Outlook) – Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, former National Vice -Chairman of the DAP held a press conference today, 31 January, 2017 at the Eastin Hotel, Petaling Jaya.
The following is Tunku Abdul Aziz’s press statement:
1. Lim Kit Siang, the DAP adviser has yet to make a Statutory Declaration (SD) that he had at no time ever entered into a secret agreement with Mahathir Mohamad (former Premier) that in the event of Pakatan Harapan (PH) winning the forthcoming general election, he would support Mukhriz Mahathir’s candidacy for the position of prime minister (PM).
2. In return for that support, he had asked that he be installed as deputy prime minister (DPM) and concurrently finance minister.
3. While Mahathir has confirmed that Kit Siang had indeed asked to be appointed DPM and minister of finance as a quid pro quo, Kit Siang himself had not denied what Mahathir had said but instead had left it to his son (Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng) to contradict Mahathir.
4. The only way that Kit Siang can clear the air as far as this affair is concerned is for him to make a SD stating in clear, unequivocal terms that what I had revealed originally about the secret understanding between himself and Mahathir was a complete fabrication or in plain English a lie.
5. Kit Siang has tried to get out of his moral obligation to come clean by saying that my challenging him to make a SD was a silly political gimmick.
6. To Kit Siang, truth is inconsistent with political life, a gimmick, but voters have a right to know if he and Mahathir have entered into this agreement.
7. Kit Siang’s reluctance to make the SD I had asked him to make in the interest of truth and for the common good of the people of Malaysia is understandable; he is fearful that if Malays know what his real intentions are, they would withhold their electoral support for PH, making the DAP presence untenable.
8. In short, Kit Siang has to tread gently to keep Mahathir sweet. Mahathir has clipped Kit Siang’s political wings.
