Kit Siang Pm Should Act Immediately On Azam To Salvage Premiership

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Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob should lead his cabinet to terminate Azam Baki's appointment as MACC chief commissioner if the latter is not prepared to appear before the relevant parliamentary committee to clear his name, said Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang.
The veteran DAP leaders said in a statement today that Ismail Sabri has a last chance to salvage his premiership from becoming known as yet another failure that collapsed under the weight of corruption and poor governance.
"He must get his cabinet to decide on Wednesday to terminate Azam’s appointment if he is not prepared to appear before the Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSCC) on Agencies in the Prime Minister’s Department to clear his conflict-of-interest allegations.
"Ismail Sabri should also ask the cabinet to convene a Special Parliament on Jan 21 to restore public confidence in the government’s anti-corruption programme and to receive, debate and decide on the report on Azam-gate," said Lim.
MACC chief commissioner Azam BakiThe long-time opposition leader said the cabinet should decide on two days of Special Parliament - on Jan 20 to discuss the floods disaster and Jan 21 to discuss the Azam issue.
Azam came under the spotlight over his ownership of 1,930,000 shares in Gets Global Berhad (previously KBES Berhad) on April 30, 2015, worth around RM772,000 at the time.
His shareholding in Gets Global Berhad went down to 1,029,500 as of March 31, 2016, worth around RM340,000 at the time.
He also held 2,156,000 warrants in Excel Force MSC Berhad in March 2016.
Lim suggested that the cabinet should take a further decision that henceforth, the appointment of MACC chief commissioner will be considered and evaluated by the bi-partisan PSCC on Agencies in the Prime Minister’s Department.
"It is sad and tragic that instead of strengthening the national integrity system in Malaysia, the MACC chief commissioner has plunged the country into the worst crisis of confidence in the anti-corruption agency in the nation’s history.
"This is contributed in no small measure by the MACC Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (ACAB) members not realising their statutory powers and responsibilities, with the ACAB chair unilaterally speaking on behalf of the other six ACAB members when he was merely expressing his personal opinion," said Lim.

He also took issue with the joint statement by the three MACC deputy commissioners declaring their support for Azam and dismissing the conflict-of-interest allegations as “politics of revenge”, calling the statement 'ill-advised'. - Mkini

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