DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang today denied that joining forces with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to launch the Citizens’ Declaration had backfired on the opposition parties or civil society.

“The government is clearly shaken and affected by the Citizens’ Declaration.

“Najib (Abdul Razak) must give serious consideration (to the movement) although he pretends not to be influenced by it,” he said during a press conference at DAP’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today.