Global Movement of Moderates Foundation chief executive officer Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah says today the Public Accounts Committee hearing is the best way to answer questions surrounding 1MDB. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, June 5, 2015.
Saifuddin said the PAC hearing would be the best way to answer questions surrounding 1MDB, adding that security could be tightened at the venue.
"PAC can call anyone. Even Dr Mahathir and Najib can appear before them, and this can be televised live because the public want answers," he said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
Yesterday, Najib did not show up at a forum on the state-owned investment arm and the cancellation was said to be on the advice of police over a security threat.
1MDB is currently sitting on a RM42 billion debt and Najib is its advisory board chairman.
Saifuddin said the events yesterday were proof that people wanted answers on the 1MDB controversy, but there should not be a confrontational approach to the end.
"The way forward is not a confrontational argument, an argument like that is not going to give the people answers that they want.
"What we should do is empower what is already in place."
He said that organising a PAC hearing would be a better avenue as the committee has a "decorum of its own."
"It is not confrontational, and I'm sure the chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed can moderate the session well."
Najib's no-show at the forum while Dr Mahathir attendance has seen the prime minister come under severe criticism for being scared to face his biggest critic and the public.
The police said the forum was stopped because of a security threat.
- TMI
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