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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Chua: It’s not about Najib, but the national crisis

PKR's Tian Chua says opposition parties must find common ground with those in ruling coalition
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KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition parties must go beyond the issue of replacing the prime minister in the face of a national crisis, says Tian Chua Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s Vice- President and Member of Parliament for Batu.
“It isn’t just about removing Najib. It’s about this crisis that has manifested a lot of problems that we have had in the past. We need a serious effort to fix these problems, especially that of institutional integrity,” he said in an interview with FMT.
He said the opposition must be willing to put aside their differences with the parties in the ruling coalition out of concern for the country’s future.
“We must reach an agreement with some segments of the ruling parties to say that there will be an agenda to be implemented once Najib is disposed of, or he steps down,” he said. “We must find a commonly agreeable solution to (the national crisis).”
He criticised the government for using a highly centralised power structure, eroding checks and balances as well as the integrity of independent institutions over the years, as shown most recently in the replacement of the Attorney-General and controversial transfers of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officers.
“Despite all the rhetoric since Pak Lah’s day, almost 10 years have passed without anything concrete being implemented,” Chua said, referring to the government of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
In view of the current disarray among opposition parties, Chua said they must cooperate on a common goal and not engage in ideological debates if they wished to deal with problems such as grand-scale corruption surrounding the ruling government.
Chua said: “This is not the time for us to seek a mandate from the voters. We are trying to perform our duties and justify why they should vote for us. We should show that we are mature enough to unite in a crisis like this.”
He said the country was not confronted at present with the issue of “whether we want a secular or Islamic state” Instead the problem was grand-scale corruption “and whether you take it from a religious or constitutional point of view, the stand will be the same: it is not something we can condone.
“The rakyat has seen our moment of disarray and discord, which we now have to put aside. We have to look to reconsolidate ourselves,” he said.
However, he noted that the three parties who were part of Pakatan Rakyat were now in productive discussions. “Public conflicts have reduced and there is more unity in our stand,” he said.

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