KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman today labelled DAP a “lapdog” after he was criticised for calling out his own allies in the government over the Attorney General’s Chambers move to discontinue Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s trial.
Writing on the platform formerly known as Twitter, the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) president slammed the party as allegedly being hypocritical and lacking principles in a bid to stay in power.
“I agree with Khairy. DAP has turned into Zahid’s lapdog,” he posted, referring to former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
“Hypocritical. Power-crazy. Unprincipled. Once it was Nga Kor Ming who accused Zahid of corruption. Then he claimed Ismail Sabri was Zahid’s puppet. Now he is the puppet by exalting the corrupt just because of position.”
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, from Umno, was the ninth prime minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s most immediate predecessor. Zahid is the current Umno president and Barisan Nasional chairman.
Syed Saddiq has been vocal about the controversial move, threatening to withdraw his support for the Anwar government if the AGC fails to explain.
This morning, DAP’s Nga Kor Ming who is the minister of local government development, suggested Syed Saddiq should refrain from airing his discontent publicly and could have “discussed” the matter internally as part of the government.
Zahid, who is also Umno president, was discharged from 47 charges of dishonestly misappropriating RM31 million belonging to a charitable organisation he founded called Yayasan Akalbudi two days ago.
The DNAA was condemned by many political observers and civil society groups. Umno’s current allies, including the DAP, have asked the attorney general (AG) to explain the prosecution’s move to discontinue the trial.
Following this, Syed Saddiq and Muda secretary-general Amir Hadi have said they would not hesitate to withdraw their party’s support for the unity government if the AG did not give a proper explanation.
Syed Saddiq also said Muda will campaign and hold street demonstrations if its demands are not met, while Amir declared that the DNAA to be “the biggest red line” that has been crossed.
Muda recently contested the state elections independently despite backing the federal government coalition, after it was previously snubbed from joining Pakatan Harapan.
