The MACC, which pledged to pay serious attention to the country's two-year consecutive drop in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), is not the solution but the problem itself, said Amanah and DAP.

Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said the graft-buster allowed itself to be used as a political weapon against opposition politicians and it has failed to act accordingly in several prominent cases of abuses of power.

“Malaysia recorded its worst performance in the CPI rankings in 2021 and...