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Saturday 22 August 2015

Jangan nasihat Sultan Johor untuk kepentingan peribadi – TMJ

Faiz Zainudin

Baginda tidak akan menyokong mana-mana parti politik sebaliknya akan berpihak kepada pemimpin yang berkhidmat kepada rakyat.

TMJ,-johor

PETALING JAYA: Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ), Brigadier Jeneral Tuanku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim menasihatkan pemimpin politik agar memberi nasihat kepada ayahanda baginda, Sultan Johor, Tuanku Ibrahim ibni almarhum Sultan Iskandar dengan tulus ikhlas.

Baginda bertitah, jangan ada pemimpin politik yang memberi nasihat dengan tujuan tertentu khususnya untuk kepentingan peribadi.

Baginda mengingatkan, sebagai pewaris tahta kerajaan Johor, suara bagindalah menjadi suara terakhir yang akan sampai kepada telinga dan perhatian Sultan Johor.

“Baru-baru ini, kelihatan ramai yang cuba mendampingi dan menjadi kawan DYMM Sultan Johor, dan kemudiannya menimbulkan pelbagai andaian dan anggapan.

“Janganlah lupa, saya adalah waris takhta Kerajaan Johor, dan sayalah suara terakhir yang akan sampai kepada telinga dan perhatian DYMM Tuanku.

“Taat setia saya adalah kepada ayahanda saya, Sultan saya. Keutamaan saya adalah kedaulatan dan kesejahteraan negeri dan rakyat Johor.

“Jangan sekali-kali ada yang cuba menyembah nasihat kepada DYMM Tuanku demi kepentingan peribadi.

” Apabila saya menyembah nasihat kepada DYMM Tuanku, ianya adalah ikhlas dari saya kerana saya tidak mempunyai kepentingan peribadi. Kasih sayang saya kepada ayahanda saya, Sultan saya, tiada yang boleh menggoyahkan atau menghancurkannya,” tulis baginda di akaun Facebook Johor Southern Tigers.

TMJ juga menegaskan baginda tidak menyokong mana-mana parti politik tetapi akan berpihak kepada pemimpin yang berkhidmat kepada rakyat Johor dengan penuh intergriti, telus dan penuh kehormatan.

Titah baginda, segala teguran dibuat bukanlah untuk menunding jari kepada mana-mana pihak serta mengeruhkan lagi keadaan sebaliknya ingin menegaskan bahawa baginda sentiasa berdiri teguh dibelakang Sultan dan rakyat Johor.

'Geng Hang Tuah, Si Kitul lindungi 1MDB'

Bekas Timbalan Pengarah Cawangan Khas Bukit Aman Datuk Abdul Hamid Bador mendakwa ada kumpulan sulit yang cuba menutup isu 1MDB.
Menggelarkan kelompok itu sebagai Geng Hang Tuah, Abdul Hamid bagaimanapun tidak mendedahkan identiti mereka.
Beliau menyebut nama kumpulan itu ketika Malaysiakini bertanya mengenai kemunculan mesej WhatsApp palsu mendakwa dia akan memfailkan aduan terhadap bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Katanya Geng Hang Tuah menyebarkan mesej palsu yang mendakwa dia akan mengadakan sidang media di Bukit Aman untuk mendedahkan pembabitan Dr Mahathir dengan Sarawak Report mendedahkan maklumat 1MDB demi menjatuhkan Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Abdul Hamid juga mendakwa kumpulan rahsia itu diketuai Si Kitol.
Katanya, beliau berjanji akan mendedahkan lebih banyak maklumat mengenai dalang kumpulan itu selepas ini.
"Saya pasti mereka daripada kumpulan Hang Tuah yang bertanggungjawab menyebarkan maklumat salah.
"Saya akan dedahkan nama Si Kitul tak lama lagi," katanya.
Si Kitol merujuk kepada nama pengkhianat yang membocorka rahsian Melaka kepada Portugis pada abad ke-16 sehingga menyebabkan kerajaan Melayu itu runtuh.
Ditanya lebih lanjut Abdul Hamid berkata, mereka mahu mengelak isu 1MDB dipersoalkan.
"Kumpulan ini cium tangan pun mahu demi melindungi kepentingan peribadi," katanya.
Mati hanya sekali
Sementara itu Abdul Hamid berkata sehingga kini beliau menerima pelbagai panggilan telefon yang menasihatinya agar berhati-hati.
Kata Abdul Hamid, pihak tersebut mendakwa ada kelompok sudah "gelap mata" dan sanggup mengambil tindakan luar biasa terhadapnya.
Meskipun pasrah dengan apa yang terjadi, beliau yang berkhidmat dengan PDRM selama 37 tahun itu tegas dengan ikrar janji yang dibuat sebelum ini.
Katanya ketika menamatkan latihan di Pusat Latihan Polis (Pulapol) pada Mei 1980, anggota PDRM berikrar untuk mempertahankan kebenaran walaupun nyawa menjadi galang gantinya.
“Saya pasrah. Saya hanya takutkan kemurkaan Allah. Saya tetap memegang kepada sumpah ikrar tamat latihan asas polis di Pulapol pada Mei 1980 dulu.
“(Saya) sanggup mati untuk pertahankan kebenaran demi negara tercinta. Pada lambang polis tersemat pada topi polis itu ada tertera kalimah Allah (dan) Muhammad.
“Itulah yang dijunjung oleh lebih 100 ribu warga PDRM selama ini. (Lagi pun) mati itu sekali saja.
Beliau turut berkata jika ada mana-mana pihak membunuhnya, ia tetap tidak dapat menutup jenayah yang dilakukan.
“Membunuh saya tidak akan dapat menutup jenayah yang dilakukan,” katanya.

Friday 21 August 2015

Political Donations Here & Other Countries: Where Does Malaysia Stand?

Political Donations Here & Other Countries: Where Does Malaysia Stand?

The recent brouhaha over political donation or political funding has resulted in many questions from all quarters of society.

So, what is political donation, and where do they come from?
Political parties are funded by contributions from:
  • party members and individual supporters (via membership fees/dues/subscriptions and/or small donations),
  • organisations, which share their political views (e.g. by trade union affiliation fees) or which stand to benefit from their activities (e.g. by corporate donations) or
  • taxpayers respectively the general revenue fund (by grants that are called state aid, government or public funding).



What makes political donation legitimate depends on the law in the respective country. Different countries have different restrictions on political donations and funding. For example, in the US and UK, corporation donations are not permissible, while they are accepted in Australia and Malaysia.

First things first, political donations are legal in Malaysia. The Election Offences Act (1954) regulate the maximum expenses allowed for candidates vying for parliamentary seats and for state seats during the campaign period.

The permissible campaign expenditure set by the Election Offences Act (1954) is RM100,000 per candidate for state seats, and RM200,000 per candidate for federal seats. According to this guideline, with 505 state seats and 222 parliamentary seats in the 2013 general election, the maximum amount that Barisan Nasional was allowed to spend was only about RM95 million.

However, when it comes to political party funding, there is no limit, and parties are not obliged to disclose the source of the funding, which makes political donations a vague subject but still entirely legal in the country.

With the recent unveiling of a RM2.6 billion political donation received by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak prior to the 13th general election, let’s take a look how other countries in the world are faring when it comes to political donations:

1. United States – 2014 Election
Total: US$1 bil (RM4.2 bil)

In the US, political funding, or commonly known as campaign finance, at the federal level, is governed by law enacted by Congress and enforced by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), an independent federal agency. Those that do accept government funding are usually subject to spending limits on money.

Campaign finance is categorised as follows:
  • small individual contributors (individuals who contribute US$200 or less)
  • large individual contributors (individuals who contribute more than US$200)
  • Political Action Committees (PACs)
  • self-financing (the candidate’s own money)
It is considered unlawful to accept donations from foreign interests. Furthermore, corporate donations are considered illegal, unless PACs are formed, where they can raise voluntary contributions from a restricted class of individuals and use those funds to support federal candidates and political committees.

In the 2014 mid-term election, both Democratic and Republican parties raised a little more than US$1 billion (RM4 billion), with the break down as follows:

Period: 2013 - 2014
TOTAL
US$1,039,800,630
Recipients
Total Donation
Democratic Party
US$450,776,626
Republican Party
US$585,606,851
* Figures extracted from OpenSecrets.org on August 7, 2015, based on data released by the FEC on April 6, 2015.

2. United Kingdom – 2015 Election
Total: US$168 mil (RM692 mil)

In the United Kingdom (UK), the political funding has been a source of controversy for years. There are three main ways a political party is funded – membership fees, donations and state funding (though only for administrative costs).

Currently, declarations must be made for donations above £5,000 (RM30,107) for national parties, and £1,000 (RM6,021) or more for local associations. Although anonymous donations are allowed, any amount more than £50 (RM301) is prohibited.‌

In Great Britain, these donations and loans are reported on the Electoral Commission’s online database to ensure there is transparency on the funding of parties.

For the sake of comparison, we took the period of one year before the 2015 election in the UK to see the total donation amassed by all the political parties active during that period. A total of £107 million (US$168 million; RM1 billion) was raised.

Period: 2014 - 2015
TOTAL
£107,726,035
Recipients
Total Donation
Conservative Party
£44,700,290
Labour Party
£37,957,056
Liberal Democrats
£11,768,721
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
£4,837,781
Green Party
£1,043,946
British National Party
£155,414
Scottish National Party (SNP)
£5,255,245
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales
£283,205
Scottish Green Party
£36,626
All People's Party
£76,585
English Democrats
£14,000
Tower Hamlet's First
£36,975
We Demand A Referendum Now
£94,156
NO2EU
£20,740
Co-operative Party
£1,253,229
Socialist Alliance
£101,166
Trade Unionist & Socilist Coalition
£62,500
Communist Party of Britain
£28,400
* Figures extracted from ElectoralCommission.org.uk on August 7, 2015.

3. Australia – 2013 Election
Total: US$42.8 mil (RM175 mil)

Most democratic countries ban donations from corporations, foreign interests, or they may require shareholder approval for company donations, but similar to Malaysia, Australia does not have such ban.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) publishes the donations figures annually, listing every donation over the “disclosure threshold”. The current disclosure threshold amount from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016 is more than A$13,000 (RM37,703).

This means, the same person making donations on different days, but amounting to more than A$13,000, will have to disclose the donation, and also submit the Election Donor Returns form to the AEC.

For the 2013’s election, all parties have received a total of A$58 million (US$42.8 million; RM175 million) in political funding. Here’s the breakdown:

Period: 2012 - 2013
TOTAL
A$58,076,456.01
Recipients
Total Donation
Parties
Liberal Party of Australia
A$23,884,672.94
Australian Labor Party
A$20 774,690.55
Australian Greens
A$5,531,871.45
National Party of Australia
A$3,111,072.51
Palmer United Party
A$2,312,809.98
Liberal Democratic Party
A$1,046,495.10
Nick Xenophon Group
A$642,839.49
Country Liberals (Northern Territory)
A$209,611.51
Katter's Australian Party
A$168,375.40
Family First
A$104,767.19
Bullet Train for Australia
A$24,519.24
Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
A$8,854.79
Independent candidates
Catherine McGowan (Indi, Victoria)
A$69,074.34
Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Tasmania)
A$61,423.74
Robert Taber (New England, New South Wales)
A$31,284.11
Lawrie McKinna (Robertson, New South Wales)
A$19,314.34
Nathan Bracken (Dobell, New South Wales)
A$17,639.92
Richard Sage (Barker, South Australia)
A$16,463.10
Stephen Attkins (Lyne, New South Wales)
A$16,323.77
Jamie McIntyre (New England, NSW
A$15,074.79
Mark Aldridge (Wakefield, South Australia)
A$9,277.75
* Figures extracted from Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on August 7, 2015.

4. India – 2014 Election
Total donation: US$55.5 mil (RM240 mil)

India’s political election has long been mired in controversies, especially when it comes to the 3 C’s – corruption, clientelism and clan.

According to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in 2014, 29 out of 45 recognised political parties in India had not submitted their donation report to the Election Commission of India (ECI) as of September 2014, and the deadline of submission was on November 30, 2014.

The ECI stated in statement released on August 29, 2014 that “Concerns have been expressed in various quarters that money power is disturbing the level playing field and vitiating the purity of elections”.

According to the breakdown of the election donation (that exceeds Rs 20,000) based on the submission by each political parties for the year of 2013 to 2014, the total contribution reported by all political parties (both recognised and unrecognised) amount to Rs 3,82,20,65,093 (US$55.5 million; RM240 million):

Period: 2014 - 2015
TOTAL
Rs 3,82,20,65,093
Recipients
Total Donation
Awami Aamjan Party
None
All India United Democratic Front
Rs 49,50,000^
All India Trinamool Congress
Rs 1,40,00,000
All India Majlis-E-Ittehad-Ul Muslimeen
None
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Rs 1,03,42,209
All J & K Kissan Mazdoor Party
Rs 5,46,100
Akhil Bhartiya Nagrik Sewa Sangh
Rs 26,20,000
Akhil Baratya Samajwadi Congress
None
Aam Aadmi Party
Rs 9,39,38,763
Bhartiya Janata Party
Rs 1,63,10,12,841
Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
None
Bhartiya Sarvjan Party
None
Bhartiya Awam Party
None
Bharatiya Yuva Sakti
Rs 49,000
Bahujan Samaj Party
None
Bharatiya Mahashakti Morcha
Rs 34,700
Bharatiya Satyarth Sangthan
None
Biju Janata Dal
Rs 13,75,55,000
Biju Swabhiman Dal
Rs 1,82,000
Bodoland Peoples Front
None
Communist Party of India
Rs 1,22,81,544
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Rs 2,09,74,666
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
Rs 17,75,000
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Rs 79,85,22,072
Gadar Party
None
Haryana Swatantra Party
None
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)
Rs 2,89,60,344
Indiya Jananayaka Katchi
None
Indian Youth Party
Rs 52,000
Indian National Congress
Rs 58,87,78,728
Indian Union Muslim League
Rs 59,36,500
Janata Dal (Secular)
Rs 5,48,52,428
Janata Dal (United)
Rs 2,17,57,500
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
None
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Rs 6,50,000
Jago Party
Rs 1,45,83,415
Kannada Naadu
None
Lok Janshakti Party
None
Loktantrik Manavtawadi Party
None
Lok Nayak Party
None
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Rs 72,71,801
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Rs 91,94,194
Nav Bharat Democratic Party
Rs 1,08,22,001
Nationalist Congress Party
Rs 14,02,00,000
National Youth Party
None
National Sarv Samaj Party
None
Pichada Samaj Party
None
Prajasattak Bharat Paksha
None
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
Rs 3,38,62,100
Phule Bharti Lok Party
None
Rastriya Naba Nirman Party
None
Rashtriya Vikas Party
Rs 1,12,77,000
Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular)
None
Rashtriya Sant Sandesh Party
None
Rashtriya Lok Dal
Rs 10,51,000
Rashtriya Krantikari Janata Party
Rs 5,61,700
Rashtriya Janta Dal
Rs 1,01,00,000
Rashtriya Jan Sahay Dal
None
Rashtra Nirman Party
Rs 8,00,000
Samaikyandhra Parirakshana Samithi
None
Shiromani Akali Dal
Rs 3,14,47,000
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
Rs 48,17,267
Sikkim Democratic Front
Rs 5,03,50,000
Shiv Sena
Rs 1,80,34,903
Shiromani Akali Dal
Rs 2,00,00,000
Shining India Party
Rs 49,06,000
Sarvjan Sarv Samaj Party
None
Sarva Janata Party
None
Sanatan Sanskriti Raksha Dal
None
Samajwadi Party
Rs 1,69,01,000
Tellugu Desam Party
Rs 61,14,317
Viduthalai Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
None
^ The report submitted by All India United Democratic Front is missing the last page, hence the total donations recorded here may not be accurate.

* Figures collated from the Election Commission of India on August 8, 2015.

Based on the political funding law, political parties are allowed to keep the anonymity of their donors only if the respective contribution does not exceed Rs 20,000 (RM1,214). This becomes a loophole used by many parties in the country, where the recipients just break down a large contribution into smaller donation of not more than Rs 20,000.

The report by ADR revealed that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which has shown an income of Rs. 172 crore (RM 104 million) but declared to the ECI that all the donations received did not exceed the sum of Rs 20,000!

5. Singapore – 2011 Election
Total donation: Unknown

Even though the total and the breakdown of the political donation for the last election in Singapore was not made public as well, the Political Donations Act in the country is much stricter compared to India.

Period: 2010 - 2011
TOTAL
Unknown
Recipients
Total Donation
People's Action Party (PAP)
Unknown
Workers' Party (WP)
Unknown
National Solidarity Party (NSP)
Unknown
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
Unknown
Reform Party (RP)
Unknown
Singapore People's Party (SPP)
Unknown
Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA)
Unknown

This Act basically serves to prohibit donations to political parties from anyone who is not defined as a permissible donor, such as foreigners. Anonymous donors are also tightly restricted. A donation is only considered anonymous if the recipient is unable to ascertain the identity of the donor. However, it is not applicable if the donors requested to not to reveal their identities.

Furthermore, a party is not allowed to accept more than S$5,000 (RM14,141) of anonymous donation in total over a financial year. This means, if the party receives multiple anonymous donations and the total amount exceeds S$5,000, the excess shall be returned within 30 days of receipt. The political association can return the entire donation to the person who transmitted it (other than the donor) or the financial institution or if that is not possible, surrender to the Registrar of Political Donations.

Political parties are also prohibited from accepting donation from foreign sources to prevent foreigners from intervening in our domestic politics.

However, our neighbour is not without controversies when it comes to political donation. In 2011, prior to the election, Nicole Seah, when she was a candidate for the National Solidarity Party (NSP), was criticised and questioned when she tried to raise fund for her campaign.

Seah posted on Facebook to ask for donations to cover her team’s S$35,000 (RM99,246) election expenses, and raised a few eyebrows when the account details given was in her name. However, it is not illegal in Singapore to bank in political donation into one’s personal account, as long as all donations are recorded in the Donation Report.

6. Malaysia – 2013 Election
Total donation: At least US$700 mil (RM2.6 bil)

The recent uproar over the RM2.6 billion (US$700 million) transferred into the Prime Minister’s personal bank account has many questioned the current political financing law in the country. Amid this controversy, the Election Commission (EC) and also Datuk Paul Low, a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, in charge of governance and integrity, has called for legislation that requires all political parties to declare their sources of funding to make elections more transparent.

“There is an urgent need to enact legislation to prohibit all political funding from foreign sources or from donors that are not Malaysian entities or citizens. All political donations must not be given into accounts of individuals but only into accounts of the political party and all donors must be publicly disclosed,” Low was quoted in separate reports by The Malaysian Insider, Astro Awani and The Malay Mail

Unregulated large amount of funding coming from unknown, and especially foreign sources, could influence the political process in negative ways, such as “vote buying” and in influencing policy decisions. It can even threaten the democratic process and values.

There is no official report on total contributions collected by all political parties in Malaysia. Furthermore, there is no limit on anonymous donations, nor is there a ban on corporate and foreign donations.

Period: 2012 - 2013
TOTAL
At least RM2.5 billion
Recipients
Total Donation
Barisan Nasional (BN)
At least RM2.5 billion
Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS)
Unknown
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)
Unknown
Democratic Action Party (DAP)
Unknown
State Reform Party (STAR)
Unknown
Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP)
Unknown
Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (BERJASA)
Unknown
Parti Kesejahteraan Insan Tanah Air (KITA)
Unknown
Parti Bersatu Sasa Malaysia (BERSAMA)
Unknown
Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM)
Unknown
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
Unknown
Sarawak Workers Party (SWP)
Unknown
Independents
Unknown

According to another report by The Malaysian Insider published on February 27, 2012, and The Borneo Post on February 28, 2012, Najib said, “The government will introduce another initiative under the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) to control ‘political financing’. This initiative will stress [that] every contribution to be given to any political party, whether on national or state level, needs to channelled through the official party account.”

However, no regulations were drawn on the matter after vehement protests from some candidates, who feared uneven playing field would put their party at a disadvantage. Currently, there is no record on political financing available for the public.

Due to the lack of record and regulations, some politicians claimed to not even know how much they spent on their campaigns.

According to a 2014’s academic paper published by Dr Wolfgang Sachsenroeder, an associate fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, Umno allegedly spent RM1.5 billion in the 2004 election.

For the 2013 general election, we only know the existence of RM2.6 billion donation made to Umno via the Prime Minister that was allegedly transferred in three transactions to the Prime Minister’s personal account in March 2013, end of 2014 and beginning of 2015 respectively, but we are still unsure on whether this fund is considered illicit or not due to lack of clear regulations on political financing.

However, according to Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, who is former chairman of the Bar Council, under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009, the definition of gratification in Section 50 of the act included donations. The section stated that any form of gratification was presumed to have been corruptly received, unless proven otherwise.

Money is a necessary evil for the functioning of political parties. There is no escaping that but unregulated, undisclosed and opaque political funding can threaten the very fabric of democracy and governance.

From the six examples above, it is pretty clear that countries in Asia, and not just Malaysia, still need to work on transparency when it comes to political funding to avoid corruption.

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Thursday 20 August 2015

Bekas PM Korea Selatan masuk penjara kerana dana politik haram


Pada 2010, beliau dibicarakan atas tuduhan menerima dana secara tidak sah berjumlah 880 juta Won (RM3.1juta) daripada seorangan ahli perniagaan untuk kempen pemilihan presiden pada 2007. - Foto EPA

SEOUL: Bekas Perdana Menteri Korea Selatan, Han Myeong-Sook dihukum penjara dua tahun kerana disabitkan kesalahan menerima dana politik secara tidak sah.

Myeong-Sook, 71 tahun merupakan perdana menteri wanita pertama negara itu yang berkhidmat selama setahun bermula pada April 2006.

Pada 2010, beliau dibicarakan atas tuduhan menerima dana secara tidak sah berjumlah 880 juta Won (RM3.1juta) daripada seorangan ahli perniagaan untuk kempen pemilihan presiden pada 2007. Beliau bagaimanapun kalah dalam pemilihan berkenaan.

Myeong-Sook gagal disabitkan kesalahan selepas mahkamah daerah mendapati keterangan ahli perniagaan tersebut sebagai tidak boleh dipercayai. Kes berkenaan kemudiannya dibicarakan di mahkamah tinggi.

Pada 2013, hakim mahkamah tinggi memutuskan Myeong-Sook bersalah dan dihukum penjara dua tahun. Namun bekas perdana menteri itu kemudiannya mengemukakan rayuan di Mahkamah Agung.

Mahkamah Agung antara lain mengekalkan keputusan mahkamah tinggi dan menolak rayuan Myeong-Sook.
"Saya tidak dapat menerima keputusan mahkamah dan tetap dengan pendirian sebagai tidak bersalah," kata Myeong-Sook dalam satu kenyataan susulan keputusan Mahkamah Agung. 

Dr Mahathir nasihat pembangkang ikhtiar singkir Najib tapi kekalkan BN

 Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yakin ada ahli Parlimen tidak percaya penjelasan wang RM2.6 bilion dalam akaun Datuk Seri Najib Razak, namun mereka tidak akan menyokong undi tak percaya jika ia menyebabkan kerajaan Barisan Nasional tumbang. – Gambar fail The Malaysian Insider, 20 Ogos, 2015.
Pembangkang perlu mencari jalan bagi menyingkir Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak tetapi pada masa sama mengekalkan pentadbiran Barisan Nasional (BN), kata Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Bekas perdana menteri itu yakin ada di antara ahli Parlimen tidak percaya penjelasan tentang wang RM2.6 bilion dalam akaun Najib namun mereka tidak akan menyokong undi tak percaya jika ia menyebabkan kerajaan BN tumbang.

"Ia bukan sesuatu yang akan dilakukan ahli Parlimen BN. Mereka tidak mahu memainkan peranan dalam menumbangkan kerajaan BN.

"Jika pembangkang bersungguh mahu menyingkirkan Najib, mereka hanya dapat berbuat demikian jika Najib ditolak tetapi kerajaan BN kekal, dipimpin pemimpin lain," tulis Dr Mahathir dalam artikel di blognya bertajuk "Upside Down Law". – 20 Ogos, 2015.

- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/dr-mahathir-nasihat-pembangkang-ikhtiar-singkir-najib-tapi-kekalkan-bn#sthash.U3USW1lI.dpuf

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