Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen
كيس سيد سددق موڠكين ڬالقكن مڤ تولق محي الدين هوجوڠ بولن اين
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For some time now, I’ve been hearing of claims by several Members of Parliament (MPs) that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s minions in government bribed some MPs to join Perikatan Nasional.
The latest to lay the claim was none other than Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who spoke of blackmail a day after Syed Saddiq Syed Rahman dropped a bombshell regarding the threats he himself received.
According to Saddiq, he had been receiving threats for a year, adding that the threat was renewed as Parliament is set to reconvene on July 26 for a five-day special sitting.
“Every time there is an important vote in Parliament, threats will come. In July, December, January and recently a week before Parliament reconvenes,” he said.
I myself heard about this, and was even told by some sources that Saddiq was put under pressure by Muhyiddin soon after the latter took over government.
The implication is that the recent charges against Saddiq were part of a long range program by Muhyiddin to solicit support through blackmail, given that his majority-deprived government is crumbling.
Anyway, Syed Saddiq has declared war against Muhyiddin.
What this means, is Muhyiddin’s long range program – assuming it exists, of course – has fallen flat on its face and is probably going to embolden other MPs who were blackmailed as well.
Blackmail or no blackmail, Muhyiddin did indeed solicit the support of elected representatives through the lure of power and even got Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin to do the same in Sabah prior to the state election.
On the 2nd of March 2021, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal went on record to say that incentives running into “billions of ringgit” were offered to Warisan MPs and assemblymen to betray the party.
To date, neither the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) nor the police have investigated Shafie’s claim, let alone the fact that nobody from government lodged a report.
But this hardly comes as a surprise, as even Tan Sri Hamid Bador’s claim that Hamzah abused his position in office fell on deaf ears and was given the miss by the MACC.
Anyway, it is interesting to see how Syed Saddiq’s case plays out when parliament sits come month end.
In the event that Members of Parliament do succeed in passing a resolution to annul the Proclamation of Emergency before the 1st of August 2021, Muhyiddin may have to step down.
This is because the annulment would be tantamount to a vote of no confidence against Muhyiddin, given that the Proclamation of Emergency was deemed necessary for the proper functioning of government to combat Covid-19.
Maybe this is the reason why Muhyiddin went against the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong’s decree and made sure that the special sitting would go beyond the 1st of August 2021.
I will deliberate on this further in a special live session which you can follow by clicking on the link below:
SPECIAL LIVE SESSION, 8.30 PM TODAY (24 JULY)
WAJIB BACA:
