By Debra Chong - The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang challenged Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to stop acting coy and unequivocally declare if he truly supports his boss’ 1Malaysia policy.
The Ipoh-Timur MP alleged that Muhyiddin has been making public statements that conflicted with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s concept.
Instead, the second-most senior Cabinet member appeared to be acting as the “custodian and surrogate of the Mahathir
“Signals were flashed when Muhyiddin was suddenly coy in declining to comment as to whether groups like Perkasa would be among NGOs to be admitted into the Barisan Nasional as part of the ruling coalition’s expansion plan to incorporate admission of NGOs and BN-friendly groups,” the father of Penang’s Chief Minister said, sounding the alarm.
Lim highlighted that Perkasa championed for the very opposite of Najib’s 1 Malaysia cause celebre and former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s “Bangsa Malaysia” concept under Vision 2020, even as the latter had openly given the ultra Malay movement his stamp of approval.
“The time has come for Muhyiddin to declare whether he is the right-hand of Najib or Mahathir in the present administration.
“Is Muhyiddin with Najib’s 1Malaysia or Mahathir’s withholding of support or blessing for the 1Malaysia concept?” Lim quizzed.
“Maybe one good test of Muhyiddin’s true stand on Najib’s 1Malaysia slogan and concept is whether the Deputy Prime Minister is prepared to support the proposal for the establishment of an Opposition-headed Parliamentary Select Committee on 1Malaysia Government Transformation Programme (GTP) Roadmap,” he said, throwing down the gauntlet at Muhyiddin’s feet.
By doing so, the veteran opposition leader appears to have put Muyiddin in a leading role in
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