Although Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang’s suspension from Parliament is still ongoing, he hopes that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s royal address tomorrow will urge a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to look into the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion scandals.
"I have only one wish on the royal address at the official opening of Parliament on Monday: that the Agong will announce the establishment of a credible RCI into Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s twin mega scandals," said Lim in a speech at a Sarawak DAP election fundraiser last night.
Tomorrow, the Agong - as is tradition - will deliver his royal address to open the one-month long 20th sitting of the first meeting in the 13th Parliament’s fourth session.
Lim argued that an RCI was necessary to lay to rest the scandals of the RM2.6 billion donation and RM42 million channelled from SRC International - which had found their way into Najib's personal bank accounts - as well as the alleged mismanagement of 1MDB.
This, he said, is because of the "contempt of parliamentary dignity and privileges" that auditor-general Ambrin Buang’s final audit report on 1MDB to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was announced as being classified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
Lim stressed that the PAC is a parliamentary committee, and that this decision is an insult and a humiliation of the PAC, Parliament, and all the 222 MPs in the House who are under the auspices of the Agong.
"The supporting documents from the auditor-general tabled in the PAC have become parliamentary documents and the OSA classification should cease to exist, or else make a complete mockery of the assurance by the PM that the auditor-general and PAC investigations would leave no stone unturned."
On another note, Lim lamented that there are still no signs that the PAC will summon key personalities for its inquiry into 1MDB - like Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, MACC special operations director Bahri Mohamed Zin, former Special Branch deputy director Abdul Hamid Bador, Najib himself and Penang-born billionaire Taek Jho Low.
"How can the PAC wrap up its investigations into the twin mega scandals without summoning Najib, Jho Low and the other key personalities," he questioned.
Meanwhile in a separate statement, Lim expressed his belief that there is an air of panic in Putrajaya as a result of the historic Citizens’ Declaration signed on Friday.
The document had outlined the Save Malaysia group’s aims to remove Najib from office, as well as calls for democratic and institutional reforms to save Malaysia.
"This was why Najib had summoned BN MPs to his official residence last night.
“A pre-council meeting - which in the past had been held either on the eve of the beginning of Parliament or on the morning of the meeting’s first day, but never two days in advance," he noted.
