DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has urged the cabinet to veto the controversial appointment of Mohd Isa Abdul Samad as acting chairperson of the Land Public Transport Commission (Spad), forewarning more backlash and even nationwide protests if it does not do so.

Putrajaya announced its decision to move Isa, formerly Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) chairperson, to the Spad post on June 19.

“The prime mlinister and the cabinet should be convinced by now that the appointment of Isa as acting chairperson of Spad is the most unpopular appointment of a GLC (government-linked company) chairperson.

“If the cabinet does not have the moral and political courage to do what is right for the country to veto Najib’s appointment of Isa to head SPAD, then the 36 Ministers must expect the protests against Isa’s appointment to snowball into a national movement which would receive the support of Malaysians who are fed up with rampant corruption and blatant cronyism under the Umno or Barisan Nasional government,” Lim said in a statement today...