Muda Psm Want Dpm Zahid To Step Down Demand That Ag Charge Him Again Within Five Days

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Two political parties today demanded that Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi step down as deputy prime minister until his Yayasan Akalbudi case is resolved, and also threatened to hold a demonstration if the attorney general (AG) does not charge Zahid again for the same case within five days.
(MMO) – In a letter to AG Datuk Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh dated today, the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) stated their protest against the Attorney General’s Chambers’ (AGC) application last Monday for a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) on all 47 charges against Zahid in the Yayasan Akalbudi trial. The prosecution’s application led to the High Court granting a DNAA order.
After listing the events that took place before the prosecution decided to discontinue the trial and sought a DNAA on Zahid, both Muda and PSM said these developments were very confusing to the public and also caused anger that a very important national institution for democracy was now allegedly being used for the current government’s political purposes. “Because the accused is a deputy prime minister and the prosecution is from the AGC’s under the Prime Minister’s Department, there is a conflict of interest on the prosecution’s side. This raises the question of whether the prosecution can carry out their responsibility transparently.
“This incident of applying for DNAA is seen as the government’s subtle interference towards a court case purely to protect their political interests,” the two political parties claimed.
Muda and PSM voiced their fear that the country’s institutions that form the foundation of democracy in Malaysia, especially the AG, have now “lost credibility” due to the decision made to seek a DNAA in Zahid’s case. Read more here

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